Yokosuka K5Y
| Yokosuka K5Y | |
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| Type: | Trainer aircraft |
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| First flight: |
December 1933 |
| Production time: |
1934-1945 |
| Number of pieces: |
5768 |
The K5Y , also known as the Marine Type 93 , is one of the largest numbers of Japanese trainer aircraft built .
history
The prototype first flew in December 1933. From January 1934 to 1945, a total of 5,768 land-based K5Y1s and the K5Y2 float version were produced by eight different manufacturers. The further development of the K5Y2 was the K5Y3; it was equipped with a Hitachi Amakaze 21 engine and appeared in only two copies. The K5Y4 and K5Y5 remained projects. Allied code name: Willow .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data (K5Y1) |
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| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi |
| Year of construction (s) | 1940-45 |
| crew | 2 |
| length | 8.05 m |
| Wingspan | 11.00 m |
| height | 3.20 m |
| Wing area | 27.7 m² |
| drive | an air-cooled 9-cylinder radial engine Hitachi Amakaze 11 |
| Starting power | 250 kW (340 hp) |
| Top speed | 210 km / h |
| Marching speed | 140 km / h at an altitude of 1000 m |
| Rise time | 13.5 min at 3000 m altitude |
| Service ceiling | 5700 m |
| Range | 1020 km |
| Armament | a 7.7 mm rigid type 89 machine gun and a 7.7 mm movable type 92 machine gun |
| Drop ammunition | two 30 kg bombs or ten 10 kg bombs |
See also
Web links
Commons : Yokosuka K5Y - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
