Kyūshū Q1W
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| Q1W Tokai | |
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| Type | Anti-submarine bomber |
| Manufacturer | Kyūshū Aircraft Company |
| Maiden flight | September 1943 |
| Introduced | January 1945 |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Number built | 153 |
The Kyūshū Q1W Tokai (東海 "Eastern Sea"), was a land-based anti-submarine patrol bomber aircraft developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The Allied code name was Lorna.
The design may have been derived from the German Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber, the Japanese Navy having received some examples for technical evaluation during the war.
The Navy ordered development as the 17-shi in September 1942, and the first test flight took place in September 1943. It entered service in January 1945. The Q1W carried two low-power engines, allowing for long periods of low-speed flight, and was the first purpose-designed anti-submarine warfare aircraft in the world.
In same period the K11W1 Shiragiku, a bomber training plane (also used in Kamikaze strikes) and the Q3W1 Nankai (South Sea), another specialized antisubmarine version, were constructed. The latter was of all-wood construction and was destroyed during its first flight.
Another specifically antisubmarine airplane was the Mitsubishi Q2M1 "Taiyō"(was derived from Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū "Peggy" Torpedo-bomber), but this did not progress beyond the preliminary design stage.
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[edit] Variants
- Q1W1 : one prototype.
- Q1W1 Tokai (East Sea) Mark 11 : production model.
- Q1W2 Mark 21 : modified with tail surfaces in wood.
- Q1W1-K Tokai-Ren (East Sea-Trainer) : trainer with capacity for four, all-wood construction (one example).
[edit] Specifications (Q1W1)
General characteristics
- Crew: three
- Length: 12.09 m (39 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 38.2 m² (411 ft²)
- Empty weight: 3,102 kg (6,839 lb)
- Loaded weight: 4,800 kg (10,580 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 5,318 kg (11,720 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Hitachi Amakaze-31 9-cylinder radial engines, 455 kW (610 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 322 km/h (201 mph)
- Range: 1,342 km (839 miles)
- Service ceiling 4,490 m (14,730 ft)
- Rate of climb: 229 m/min (751 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 126 kg/m² (26 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.19 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 × flexible rearward-firing 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun
- 1 or 2 × fixed forward-firing 20 mm Type 99 cannon sometimes fitted
- 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or depth charges
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[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft Junkers Ju 88
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