Engineering:Kawasaki Ka 87
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Short description: Japanese bomber
| Do N, Ka 87 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Bomber |
| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō K.K. |
| Designer | Richard Vogt of Dornier |
| First flight | 19 February 1926 |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Army Air Force |
| Number built | 28 |
The Dornier N was a bomber aircraft designed in Germany in the 1920s for production in Japan . Production of 28 aircraft started in Japan in 1927, as the Kawasaki Ka 87 (also known as the Type 87 Night Bomber). Designed and built as a landplane, its layout was strongly reminiscent of the Dornier flying boats of the same period; a parasol-wing, strut-braced monoplane with two engines, mounted in a push-pull nacelle above the wing. Some of the 28 examples built saw action in Manchuria in 1931.
Specifications
Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: six (pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, radio operator and engineer)
- Length: 18.0 m (59 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 26.80 m (87 ft 11 in)
- Height: 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 121 m2 (1,300 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 4,400 kg (9,700 lb)
- Gross weight: 7,700 kg (16,976 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Kawasaki BMW VI water-cooled V-12 engines, 450 kW (600 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 181.1 km/h (112.5 mph, 97.8 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 171 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 44 minutes to 3,000 ft (910 m)
Armament
- Guns: 5× 7.7 mm machine guns (twin mounts in nose and dorsal positions, single gun in ventral position)
- Bombs: 1000 kg (2200 lb)
References
- ↑ Mikesh and Abe 1990, pp. 144–145.
Bibliography
- Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.
- Passingham, Malcolm (February 1999). "Les bombardiers de l'Armée japonaise (1920–1935)" (in French). Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (71): 32–38. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 328.
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