[Graham Boak]

It seems very unlikely that the Type 90 was thought superior to the Arado - possibly to the Heinkel which does not seem to have been a successful type.

This transfer has been talked about from the Japanese side. The Japanese were highly impressed with the engineering standard of the Arado, in particular with the interchangeability of the floats. Fitting new floats was a simple matter of fitting a few bolts, whereas the equivalent on a Japanese type would have taken much longer and required considerably more fettling.