Kawasaki Ki-10

The Kawasaki Ki -10 was a Japanese fighter aircraft and was headed by Takeo Doi. It was the first purely Japanese patterns of Kawasaki.

Development

In March 1935, with a Ha -9- IIa engine ( 634 kW/850 hp) and two-blade propeller -equipped prototype for the first time raised off the ground, later a more powerful engine and a three-blade propellers were installed. After three further prototypes, the Ki -10 was as Army Type 95 Model 1 in Hunter series. 184 Ki -10 -I were built, 400 larger and more powerful Ki -10 - II followed.

From 1937, they were used in the Sino- Japanese War, where she the Soviet I-15 biplanes were indeed superior due to their maneuverability, but did not arrive to the newly released I- 16s. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Ki -10 was already no longer in the front line, but was used in the hinterland for pilot training.

Said by the Allies Perry model was the culmination of the Japanese biplane development and also the last biplane fighters of the Japanese army. It had an open cockpit and a fixed tailwheel landing gear; the upper wing had larger span than the lower wing.

Versions

  • Ki -10: prototype designation ( four pieces)
  • Ki -10 - I: first production model
  • Ki -10 -II: second series model from mid-1937 with an extended fuselage and greater wingspan
  • Ki -10 - II KAI: two experimental model for aerodynamic tests

Specifications

Kawasaki Ha -9- IIb (708 kW/950 hp)

Comparable types

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerodynamics Machine gun IAR-14 Grumman F3F Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Kawasaki KH-4 Kawasaki Ki-32 Kawasaki Ki-45 Kawasaki Ki-48 Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki-61 Kawasaki Ki-100 Kawasaki Ki-102 Kawasaki C-1 Kawasaki C-2 Bell 47 AgustaWestland AW101 Kawasaki OH-1 Kawasaki T-4 Lockheed T-33 Lockheed P-2 Neptune
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