Tachikawa Ki-36

Ki-36
Role	Two-seat Army Co-operation Aircraft
Manufacturer	Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd
First flight	20 April 1938
Primary users	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Royal Thai Air Force
Produced	1938 - 1944
Number built	1,334
Variants	Tachikawa Ki-55

The Tachikawa Ki-36 (named Ida in Allied reporting code) was a Japanese army-cooperation aircraft of World War II. It was a two-seat, low-wing monoplane with a single piston-engine and a fixed, tailwheel-type undercarriage.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Specifications (Ki-36) 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Design and development

The prototype, fitted with a 450hp (336kW) Hitachi Army Type 98 Ha-13 engine, first flew on 20 April 1938. Having outperformed the Mitsubishi Ki-35 in comparative trials, the Ki-36 was designated the Army Type 98 Direct Co-operation Aircraft and ordered into production in November 1938. Production ended in January 1944 after a total of 1,334 had been built.

Operational history

The Ki-36 first saw action in China where it saw success. Later, in the Pacific, it proved excessively vulnerable to opposing fighters. It was thereafter redeployed to the safer theater of China. Towards the end of the war, the Ki-36 was employed as a kamikaze aircraft with a bomb of 500-kg (1,102-lb) fitted externally^[1].

Variants

• Ki-55 : Trainer version.
• Ki-72 : An evolved version with a 600-hp (447-kW) Hitachi Ha-38 engine and retractable undercarriage, not built.

Operators

 People's Republic of China

• Chinese Communist Air Force operated 2 captured aircraft postwar as trainers until their retirement in early 1950s.

 Indonesia

• Indonesian People's Security Force

 Japan

• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Air Force

Specifications (Ki-36)

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War^[1]; The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.00m (25ft 3in)
• Wingspan: 11.80m (38ft 8.5in)
• Height: 3.64m (11ft 11.25in)
• Wing area: 20m² (215.29ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,247kg (2,749lb)
• Loaded weight: 1,660kg (3,660lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Army Type 98 Ha-13a nine cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 380kW (510hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 348km/h (216mph)
• Cruise speed: 235km/h (146mph)
• Range: 1,235km (767mi)
• Service ceiling: 8,150m (26,740ft)
• Wing loading: 83kg/m² (17lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.23kW/kg (0.31hp/kg; 0.14hp/lb)
• Time to 3000m (9,845ft): 6min 39sec

Armament

• one fixed, forward-firing 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun , one flexible 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun in rear cockpit.
• up to 150kg (331lb) external bombload.

See also

Related development

• Tachikawa Ki-55
  

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Japan
  

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• The Ki-55 at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum]

Aircraft produced by Tachikawa Imperial Japanese Army types Ki-9 • Ki-17 • Ki-24 • Ki-25 • Ki-26 • Ki-29 • Ki-36 • Ki-54 • Ki-55 • Ki-70 • Ki-71 • Ki-72 • Ki-74 • Ki-77 • Ki-92 • Ki-94 • Ki-104 • Ki-106 • Ki-110 • Ki-111 • Ki-114 SS-1 T.S. 1 World War II Allied reporting names Cedar • Clara • Hickory • Ida (Ki-36) • Ida (Ki-55) • Pat • Patsy • Sonia • Spruce

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force aircraft designations 1-50 Ki-1 • Ki-2 • Ki-3 • Ki-4 • Ki-5 • Ki-6 • Ki-7 • Ki-8  • Ki-9  • Ki-10  • Ki-11  • Ki-12  • Ki-13  • Ki-14  • Ki-15  • Ki-16  • Ki-17  • Ki-18  • Ki-19 • Ki-20  • Ki-21  • Ki-22  • Ki-23  • Ki-24  • Ki-25  • Ki-26  • Ki-27  • Ki-28  • Ki-29  • Ki-30  • Ki-31  • Ki-32  • Ki-33  • Ki-34  • Ki-35  • Ki-36  • Ki-37  • Ki-38  • Ki-39  • Ki-40  • Ki-41  • Ki-42  • Ki-43  • Ki-44  • Ki-45  • Ki-46  • Ki-47  • Ki-48  • Ki-49  • Ki-50 51-100 Ki-51  • Ki-52  • Ki-53  • Ki-54  • Ki-55  • Ki-56  • Ki-57  • Ki-58  • Ki-59  • Ki-60  • Ki-61  • Ki-62  • Ki-63  • Ki-64  • Ki-66  • Ki-67  • Ki-68  • Ki-69  • Ki-70  • Ki-71  • Ki-72  • Ki-73  • Ki-74  • Ki-75  • Ki-76  • Ki-77  • Ki-78  • Ki-79  • Ki-80  • Ki-81  • Ki-82  • Ki-83  • Ki-84  • Ki-85  • Ki-86  • Ki-87  • Ki-88  • Ki-89  • Ki-90  • Ki-91  • Ki-92  • Ki-93  • Ki-94  • Ki-95  • Ki-96  • Ki-97  • Ki-98  • Ki-99  • Ki-100 100- Ki-101  • Ki-102  • Ki-103  • Ki-105  • Ki-106  • Ki-107  • Ki-108  • Ki-109  • Ki-110  • Ki-111  • Ki-112  • Ki-113  • Ki-114  • Ki-115  • Ki-116  • Ki-117  • Ki-118  • Ki-119  • Ki-148  • Ki-167  • Ki-174  • Ki-200  • Ki-201  • Ki-202 • Ki-230

World War II Allied reporting names for Japanese aircraft Aircraft in Japanese service Abdul • Alf • Ann • Babs • Baka • Belle • Betty • Bob • Buzzard • Cedar • Cherry • Clara • Claude • Cypress • Dave • Dick • Dinah • Dot • Edna • Emily • Eva • Eve • Frances • Frank • Gander • George • Glen • Goose • Grace • Gwen • Hamp • Hank • Hap • Helen • Hickory • Ida (Tachikawa Ki-36) • Ida (Tachikawa Ki-55) • Irving • Jack • Jake • Jane • Jean • Jerry • Jill • Jim • Judy • Kate • Kate 61 • Laura • Lily • Liz • Lorna • Loise • Louise • Luke • Mabel • Mary • Mavis • Myrt • Nate • Nell • Nick • Norm • Oak • Oscar • Pat • Patsy • Paul • Peggy • Perry • Pete • Pine • Rex • Rita • Rob • Rufe • Ruth • Sally • Sally III • Sam • Sandy • Slim • Sonia • Spruce • Stella • Steve • Susie • Tabby • Tess • Thalia • Thelma • Theresa • Thora • Tina • Tillie • Toby • Tojo • Tony • Topsy • Val • Willow • Zeke • Zeke 32 Nonexistent aircraft thought to be in Japanese service Adam • Ben • Doris • Gus • Harry • Ione • Joe • Joyce • Julia • June • Norma • Omar • Ray Foreign aircraft erroneously thought to be in Japanese service Bess (Heinkel He 111) • Doc (Messerschmitt Bf 110) • Fred (Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5) • Irene (Junkers Ju 87A) • Janice (Junkers Ju 88A-5) • Mike (Messerschmitt Bf 109E) • Millie (Vultee V-11GB) • Trixie (Junkers Ju 52/3m) • Trudy (Focke Wulf Fw 200 Kondor)

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