Mansyū Ki-98
The Mansyū Ki-98 was a Japanese ground-attack aircraft proposed by Mansyū during World War II for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. No prototype was completed before Japan surrendered.
Design and development
Mansyū began work on the design of the Ki-98 in 1943. It was to have been a single-seat, twin-boom, low-wing monoplane with a central nacelle housing both the cockpit and a turbosupercharged 1,643-kilowatt (2,200-hp) Mitsubishi Ha-211 Ru radial engine behind the pilot driving a four-bladed pusher propeller rotating between the booms.[1] The booms were to extend aft from slightly forward of the leading edge of the wing and were mounted below the central nacelle.[1] The aircraft was to have had tricycle landing gear, a bubble canopy, and an armament of one 37-mm and two 20-mm cannon mounted in the nose.[1]
The first prototype was still under construction when Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August 1945, bringing the Ki-98 project to an end.[1]
Specifications
Data from Francillon, René J., Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979, ISBN 0-87021-313-X, p. 486.
General characteristics
Performance
Armament
- 1× 37-mm cannon
- 2× 20-mm cannon
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d Francillon, p. 486.
Bibliography
- Francillon, René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979. ISBN 0-87021-313-X.
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