Kawasaki Ki-10

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Kawasaki Ki-10 Model 1
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Kawasaki Ki-10 Model 1

The Kawasaki Ki-10 was the last biplane fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army, entering service in 1935. The army designation was "Type 95 Fighter" (九五式戦闘機; 95 Shiki Sentōki) and the reporting name given by the Allies of World War II was "Perry".


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[edit] History

Kawasaki Ki-10 II Kai Prototype
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Kawasaki Ki-10 II Kai Prototype

This plane was principally used by the Army Air Force. It was deployed in Manchuria and the Chinese war campaigns and against Russian-Mongol forces in the Nomonhan Incident.

At the beginning of the Pacific War (World War II), it was retired to training and secondary missions, but later returned to front-line service, performing short-range patrol and reconnaissance missions in Japan proper and mainland China in January-February, 1942.

[edit] Versions

  • Ki-10 (prototype) (4 built in spring of 1935).
  • Ki-10 I Fighter Type 95 of Army, (Mark I), initial version. (300 built Dec 1935 - Oct 1937)
  • Ki-10 II Prototype - model I modified, major length (1 built May 1936)
  • Ki-10 II (Mark 2) second version (280 built June 1937-Dec 1938)
  • Ki-10 I KAI Prototype - Ki-10 I with modification in the engine and radiator (1 built Oct 1936)
  • Ki-10 II KAI Prototype - Aerodynamic modification of Ki-10 II how Ki-10 I KAI, with Kawasaki Ha-9-IIb of 850 hp. (2 built Nov 1937)

Total production: 588 units.

[edit] Specifications (Ki-10-I)

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[edit] General characteristics

  • Crew: one, pilot
  • Length: 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 3m ( 9ft 10in)
  • Wing area: 20m² ( 215.277 ft²)
  • Empty: 1300kg ( 2866lb)
  • Loaded: 1650kg ( 3638lb)
  • Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
  • Powerplant: 1x Kawasaki Ha-9-IIa, 634 kW (850 hp)

[edit] Performance

  • Maximum speed: 400 km/h (250 mph)at 3000m
  • Range: 1,100 km (688 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 11,500 m (37,720 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 1000m/min ( ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 82.5kg/m² ( 16.9lb/ft²)
  • Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

[edit] Armament


[edit] Related content

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Comparable aircraft: Heinkel He 51

Designation sequence: Ki-7 - Ki-8 - Ki-9 - Ki-10 - Ki-11 - Ki-12 - Ki-13

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