Kawasaki Ki-28

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Ki-28

Kawasaki Ki-28
Type Experimental Fighter Aircraft
Manufacturer Kawasaki Kōkūki Kogyo KK
Maiden flight 1936
Primary user IJA Air Force
Number built 1

The Kawasaki Ki-28 (キ28 (航空機) Ki-Nijuhachi (kōkūki)?) was an experimental fighter aircraft designed for the Japanese Imperial Army. It flew in 1936, but was never produced for actual use.

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[edit] Design & Development

The Ki-28 was initially produced by Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō KK in response to Japanese army specifications for a fighter aircraft to replace the existing Kawasaki Ki-10. In mid 1935 Kawasaki, Mitsubishi and Nakajima were instructed to build competitive prototypes. The Kawasaki design was based on its earlier, but unsuccessful Ki-5. It was a cantilever low-wing monoplane of all metal construction, except for fabric covered control surfaces, with a conventional tail unit, fixed tailskid landing gear and powered a 800 hp (600 kW) Kawasaki Ha 9-2 liquid-cooled in-line engine.

Service trials proved that the Kawasaki Ki-28 was the fastest of the three contenders, but the Nakajima Ki-27 was by far the most maneuverable, and on this basis was selected by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.


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[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 12 meters (39.37 feet)
  • Wingspan: 7.9 meters (25.92 feet)
  • Height: 2.60 meters (8.53 feet)
  • Wing area: 19 sq.m. (204.52 sq.ft.)
  • Empty weight: 1,420 kg (3,130 lbs)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,760 kg (3,880 lbs)
  • Powerplant: 1× Kawasaki Ha-9-2, 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled in-line piston engine, 800 hp ()

Performance

Armament

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Mikesh, Robert (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557505632. 

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