The Yokosuka MXY8 Akigusa (秋草, autumn grass) was a training glider built in parallel with the Mitsubishi J8M/K-200 Shūsui rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. == Design and development == The J8M was to have simply been a licence-built Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, but, due to difficulties in obtaining technical materials from Germany, it eventually had to be designed almost from scratch.
The Yokosuka MXY8 Akigusa (秋草, autumn grass) was a training glider built in parallel with the Mitsubishi J8M/K-200 Shūsui rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. == Design and development == The J8M was to have simply been a licence-built Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, but, due to difficulties in obtaining technical materials from Germany, it eventually had to be designed almost from scratch.
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