Fuji KM-2
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| Type: | Training and liaison aircraft |
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| First flight: |
January 16, 1962 |
| Commissioning: |
1962 |
| Number of pieces: |
64 |
The Fuji KM-2 is a propeller-driven two- to four-seat training and liaison aircraft manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries , which was developed from the license-manufactured Beech T-34 Mentor .
History and Development
Fuji Heavy Industries was founded in July 1952 as the successor company of the aircraft manufacturer Nakajima Hikōki and manufactured the Beech T-34 training aircraft for the Japanese self-defense forces as the first product under license .
From this, Fuji developed the four-seat liaison aircraft LM-1 Nikko , which was powered by a 225 hp Continental O-470 engine. With the introduction of the 340 hp Lycoming O-480 engine, the name was changed to Fuji LM-2 . Both the LM-1 and LM-2 were used by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces .
The KM-2 was a four-seat civilian version of the LM-1, fitted with the more powerful Lycoming engine that was later used by the LM-2. The KM was used by the Japanese government for civil pilot training, from which the KM-2 was developed as a two-seater trainer with seats installed next to each other. Sixty machines were purchased by the Marine Self- Defense Forces as a beginner's training aircraft and two more by the Ground Self-Defense Forces as TL-1s.
The KM-2B is a further development of the KM-2 for use as a training aircraft in the air self-defense forces . It combines the structure and engine of the KM-2 with the tandem cockpit of the T-34 Mentor and was called the Fuji T-3 .
Military users
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2-4 |
| length | 8.04 m |
| span | 10.0 m |
| height | 2.96 m |
| Empty mass | 1120 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1510 kg |
| Top speed | 377 km / h |
| Range | 965 km |
| Engine | Lycoming IGSO-480 boxer engine |
| power | 254 kW (340 WPS) |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ David Rendall: Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide . HarperCollins Publishers , Glasgow, UK 1995, p. 505, ISBN 0-00-4709802 .