Kawasaki Ka 87

Do N, Ka 87

Role	Bomber
Manufacturer	Kawasaki
Designer	Richard Vogt of Dornier
First flight	19 February 1926
Primary user	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Number built	28

The Dornier N was a bomber aircraft designed in Germany in the 1920s for production in Japan. Production started in Japan in 1927 of 28 aircraft as the Kawasaki Ka 87 (also known as the Type 87 Night Bomber). Designed and built as a landplane, its layout was strongly reminiscent of the Dornier flying boats of the same period; a parasol-wing, strut-braced monoplane with two engines mounted in a Push-pull nacelle above the wing. Some of the 28 examples built saw action in Manchuria in 1931.

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 4
Length: 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 26.80 m (87 ft 11 in)
Height: 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 121.0 m² (1,300 ft²)
Empty weight: 4,400 kg (9,700 lb)
Gross weight: 7,650 kg (16,900 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × BMW VI piston engine, 447 kW (600 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph)
Range: 660 km (410 miles)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)

Armament

5 × machine guns
1 × 600 kg (1,320 lb) bomb

References

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 328.

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Aircraft built by Zeppelin-werke Lindau(Dornier) and Dornier Flugzeugwerke

Idflieg designations 1914-1919	Rs.I • Rs.II • Rs.III • Rs.IV • C.I • C.II • D.I • V1

Company designations pre-1933	Do A • Do B • Do C • Do D • Do E • Do F • Do G • Do H • Do J • Do K • Do L • Do N • Do O • Do P • Do Q • Do R • Do S • Do T • Do U • Do V • Do X • Do Y Delphin • Komet • Libelle • Merkur • Spatz • Wal

RLM designations 1933-1945	Do 10 • Do 11 • Do 12 • Do 13 • Do 14 • Do 15 • Do 16 • Do 17 • Do 18 • Do 19 • Do 20 • Do 22 • Do 23 • Do 24 • Do 25 • Do 26 • Do 29 • Do 212 • Do 214 • Do 215 • Do 216 • Do 217 • Do 317 • Do 318 • Do 335 • Do 417 • Do 435 • Do 635 P.59 • P.85 • P.174 • P.184 • P.192 • P.231 • P.232 • P.238 • P.247 • P.252 • P.254 • P.256 • P.273 • P.1075

Company designations post-1945	Do 24 • Do 25 • Do 27 • Do 28 • Do 29 • Do 31 • Do 32 • Do 34 • Do 128 • Do 132 • Do 228 • Do 231 • 328 • 328JET • 428 • 528 • 728JET • 928JET • Alpha Jet Projekt 621

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