Tachikawa Ki-55
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| Tachikawa Ki-55 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Military Advanced Training aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Tachikawa |
| Maiden flight | September 1939 |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Number built | 1,389 |
The Tachikawa Ki-55 was a Japanese advanced trainer.
The excellent character of the Tachikawa Ki-36 made it potentially ideal as a trainer. This led to the development of the Ki-36 with a single machine-gun. After successful testing of a prototype in September 1939, the type was put into production as the Army Type 99 Advanced Trainer.
In all 1,389 were contructed before production ended in December 1943.
Both the Ki-55 and the Ki-36 were given the Allied codename 'Ida.'
[edit] Specifications (Ki-55)
Data from {Virtual Aviation Museum}[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.00m (25ft 3in)
- Wingspan: 11.80m (38ft 8.5in)
- Height: 3.64m (11ft 11.25in)
- Wing area: 20m² (215.29ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,292kg (2,847lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,721kg (3,793lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Hitachi Ha-13a 9-cylinder radial 2, 380kW (510hp)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 348km/h (knots, 216mph)
- Cruise speed: 235km/h (knots, 146mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: 1,060km (nm, 659mi)
- Service ceiling: 8,150m (26,740ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
Armament
one fixed, forward-firing 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun
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