Kawasaki Ki-10
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 Ki-10 Model 1 |
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| Type | Biplane fighter |
| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Introduced | 1935 |
| Retired | 1942 |
| Primary user | IJA Air Force |
| Number built | 588 |
The Kawasaki Ki-10 (九五式戦闘機 Kyūgo-shiki sentōki?) was the last biplane fighter plane used by the Imperial Japanese Army, entering service in 1935. Built by Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō KK for the Imperial Japanese Army, it saw combat service in Manchukuo and in north China during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its reporting name given by the Allies was Perry.
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[edit] Design & Development
The Ki-10 was designed by Japanese aeronautical engineer Takeo Doi, who had succeeded Richart Vogt as chief designer for Kawasaki. The design was in response to a requirement issued by the Imperial Japanese Army for a new fighter plane, and was the winner of a competition against Nakajima's Ki-11. Although the low-wing monoplane offered by Nakajima was more advanced, the Army preferred the more maneuverable biplane offered by Kawasaki.
The Kawasaki design had unequal span wings, braced by struts, and with upper-wing ailerons. The structure was of all-metal construction, which was then fabric-covered. Armament consisted of two 7.7 mm Type 89 machine guns, synchronized to fire through the propellers. The initial production version was powered by a liquid-cooled 633 kW (850 hp) Kawasaki Ha-9-IIa V engine.
[edit] Operations
The Ki-10 was deployed in Manchuria and in the initial campaigns of the Second Sino-Japanese War in northern China. It proved an excellent dogfighter against the Chinese air force, including at the Battle of Wuhan. However, by the time of the Nomonhan Incident in 1939, against the forces of Soviet Russia, it was largely obsolete.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the Ki-10 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 China in January-February, 1942.
[edit] Variants
- Ki-10
- Prototype for Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (4 built in early 1935).
- Ki-10 I (Army Fighter Type 95-I)
- Initial production version (300 built December 1935 - October 1937)
- Ki-10 II
- Prototype of modified Mark I, increased in length (1 built May 1936)
- Ki-10 II (Army Fighter Type 95-2)
- Improved production version (280 built June 1937-December 1938)
- Ki-10 I kai
- Prototype Ki-10-I with modifications to engine and radiator (1 built October 1936)
- Ki-10 II kai
- Prototype - Aerodynamic modification of Ki-10-II, now designated Ki-10-I-kai, with 850 hp (630 kW) Kawasaki Ha-9-IIb engine (2 built November 1937)
Total production: 588 units
[edit] Operators
[edit] Military operators
[edit] Specifications (Ki-10-I)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 20 m2 (215.3 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1,300 kg (2,866 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,650 kg (3,638 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Kawasaki Ha-9-IIa, 634 kW (850 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 400 km/h at 3000 m (250 mph at 9,840 ft)
- Range: 1,100 km (688 miles)
- Service ceiling 11,500 m (37,720 ft)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 m/min (3,280 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 82.5 kg/m² (16.9 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- 2 × fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm caliber Type 89 machine guns
[edit] References
- Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Putnam. AISN B000OK9ETY.
- Green, William (1990). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Greenwich Editions. ISBN 0-86288-220-6.
- Mikesh, Robert (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557505632.
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[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft Gloster Gauntlet - Hawker Fury - Heinkel He 51
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