Hiro G2H
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| Hiro G2H | |
|---|---|
| Type | Long-range bomber/reconnaissance monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Hiro Naval Arsenal |
| Maiden flight | 1933 |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Number built | 8 |
The Hiro G2H (or Type 95 Twin-engined Land-based Attacker) was a 1930s Japanese bomber or reconnaissance monoplane designed and built by the Hiro Naval Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
[edit] Development
The G2H1 was one of the first long-range land-based bomber/reconnaissance aircraft designed and built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The prototype appeared in 1933 but suffered from structural weakness. The aircraft was a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by two 1180hp (880kW) Type 94 piston engines. The aircraft struggled with the unreliability of the engines and only eight aircraft were built. The development of the aircraft was costly in both manpower and finance and the aircraft did not live up to expectations. The aircraft did give the Navy experience in the operation of long-range land-based aircraft which was to prove invaluable in the later Pacific war.
[edit] Operational history
One aircraft was lost in an accident but the rest operated against the Chinese mainland during the Sino-Japanese incident. In 1937 five aircraft were destroyed in a fire at their base on Cheju Island.
[edit] Operator
[edit] Specifications (G2H1)
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2172
General characteristics
- Crew: 6/7
- Length: 20.15 m (66 ft 1¼ in)
- Wingspan: 31.68 m (103 ft 11¼ in)
- Height: 6.28 m (20 ft 7¼ in)
- Wing area: 140 m² (1,507 ft²)
- Empty weight: 7567 kg (16,682 lb)
- Gross weight: 11000 kg (24,250 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Type 94 W-18 piston engine, 880 kW (1180 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 245 km/h (152 mph)
- Range: 1557 km (967 miles)
- Service ceiling: 5130 m (16,830 ft)
Armament
- 5 x 7.7mm (0.303in) machin-guns (two on pivoted nose mounting, two on dorsal ring mounting, one in a ventral dustbin)
- 6 x 250kg (551lb) bomb or
- 4 x 400kg (882lb) bombs on underwing racks
[edit] References
- Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941. Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-563-2.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2172
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