The Mitsubishi Q2M "Taiyō" Anti-Submarine Aircraft design was derived from the Mitsubishi Ki-67

Mitsubishi Ki-67

The Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū was a twin-engine medium bomber produced by Mitsubishi and used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II. Its Army designation was "Type 4 Heavy Bomber" .-Design:The Ki-67 was the result of a 1941 Japanese army specification for a successor to the Nakajima...

-I Hiryū "Peggy" heavy

Heavy bomber

A heavy bomber is a bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity, and usually the longest range.In New START, the term "heavy bomber" is used for two types of bombers:*one with a range greater than 8,000 kilometers...

/torpedo bomber

Torpedo bomber

A torpedo bomber is a bomber aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes which could also carry out conventional bombings. Torpedo bombers existed almost exclusively prior to and during World War II when they were an important element in many famous battles, notably the...

 of the Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

 (and "Yasukuni" Navy's torpedo bomber version). It was ordered for design and construction in the last stages of war.

Powerful engines of 1,380 kW (1,850 hp) would have been used to drive five-blade propellers. Such an aircraft would have been managed by five or six crew. Due to technical troubles and a long development of the theoreticjttyual design, this aircraft did not advance from paper plans in last days of conflict.

Estimated performance

Dimensions

• Length : 18.75 m (61.52 ft)
• Wing Span: 25.00 m (82.02 ft)
• Height : 4.75 m (15.58 ft)

Weight

• Empty Weight : 8,850 kg (19,511 lb)
• All-Up Weight : 13,600 kg (29,983 lb)

Power Plant

• Main Engine : 2 × Mitsubishi Kasei 25 Otsu (1,380 kW/1,850 hp)

Performances

• Max Speed : 490 km/h (304 mph)
• Range : 2,415 km (1,501 mi)
• Service Ceiling : 3,704 m (12,152 ft)

Crew

• Crew : Six

Armament

• Armament : 3 × 13 mm (.51 in) machine guns
• Bombs : 4 × 250 kg (551 lb)

Radar equipment

• Type 3 Model 1 MAD
  Magnetic anomaly detector
  A magnetic anomaly detector is an instrument used to detect minute variations in the Earth's magnetic field. The term refers specifically to magnetometers used by military forces to detect submarines ; the military MAD gear is a descendent of geomagnetic survey instruments used to search for...
  
  (KMX)
• Type 3 Ku-6 Model 4 Radar
• ESM Antenna equipment