Tokyo Koku Ki-107
| Tokyo Koku Ki-107 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Monoplane trainer |
| National origin | Japan |
| Manufacturer | Tokyo Koku |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Army Air Force |
| Number built | 29+ |
| History | |
| First flight | October 1943 |
The Tokyo Koku Ki-107 was a Japanese military training aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.[1] The Ki-107 was a wooden-built, low-wing, two-seat monoplane with an open cockpit.[1] Powered by a Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) inline piston engine, it first flew in October 1943.[1] The Japanese Army had ordered 450, as primary trainers, as replacement for the Kokusai Ki-86[2] (a license-built Bücker Bü 131 that used the same Ha-47 engine), but production was held up by air raids and only twenty-nine had been delivered by the end of the War.[1]
Operators
Specifications
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft;[1] Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (Teacher and student pilot)
- Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10.5 in)
- Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) [3]
- Wing area: 15.44 m2 (166.2 sq ft) [3]
- Empty weight: 590 kg (1,301 lb) [3]
- Gross weight: 829 kg (1,828 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) (a license-built Hirth HM 504) 4-cylinder inline piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 197 km/h (122 mph, 106 kn)
- Cruise speed: 157 km/h (98 mph, 85 kn) [3]
- Range: 475 km (295 mi, 256 nmi) [3]
- Service ceiling: 2,900 m (9,500 ft) [3]
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Ferkl, Martin (2006). "Letedla 39–45: Tokyo Ki-107". Letectví + Kosmonautika (in Czech). No. 1. pp. 68–69. ISSN 0024-1156.
- Francillon, René J. (1979). Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6. OCLC 6124909. (new edition 1987 by Putnam Aeronautical Books, ISBN 0-85177-801-1.)
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.