This layout has the advantage that the contribution of the horizontal stabilizer to the stability of this fighter is a positive contribution to the lift (ie the lift force of the horizontal rudder helps the wing to support the weight of the aircraft) but in a conventional design with the rudder behind, this contribution is negative. Furthermore, in large angles of attack the rudder stalls before the wing, so it is virtually impossible for the airplane to spin.
However, since the moment of the tail of the vertical surfaces is small, due to the short lever arm, they usually have lateral stability problems.
With a Mitsubishi Ha-43 engine of 2,191 hp and a maximum takeoff weight of 5,200 kg, this fighter was able to reach 750 km/h but it never rended service. Only two prototypes were built, the first of which first flew in August of 1945 when the war was practically over.
The prototype flew well but it had a compensation problem of the huge torque of the engine.
The only unit that survived the war was brought to the United States and we can see it in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
Here you have a link to Youtube where you can see one of the few flights of the Shinden. Although the quality is bad, it is a great historical document. Note that in one of the takes you can see the propeller blades bent after it hit the ground.
So, our number 7 of the rarest planes of history is for the Shinden.
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