Yokosuka MXY5
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The Yokosuka MXY-5 was a Japanese military glider produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. The glider consisted of a fabric wrapped plywood covering a tubular steel frame. The design also featured a retractable undercarriage as well as an emergency skid. The design was flight tested in 1942. Only twelve were produced and none were used operationally. [1]
[edit] Specifications (MXY-5)
Data from Oblicza Historii[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Capacity: eleven passengers or 1,000 kg of supplies.
- Length: 13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 18.11 m (59 ft 5 in)
- Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
- Empty weight: 1,600 kg (3,520 lb)
- Useful load: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,694 kg (5,927 lb)
Performance
[edit] References
- ^ Donaldson, Graham (2000). The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ Królikowski, T.. YOKOSUKA MXY-5 KUGISHO (Polish). Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
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