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KAYABA KATSUODORI
1944
 
POINT INTERCEPTOR - PROJECT
  
 
 
DATA
  
 
KAYABA KATSUODORI
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 POINT INTERCEPTOR - PROJECT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 IMPERIAL JAPAN
MANUFACTURER :
 KAYABA SEISAKUSHO - KAYABA MANUFACTURING WORKS
FIRST FLIGHT :
 NONE
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 0 (Mock up nearly complete in 1943 with prototype expected by 1944)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 29.5 ft (8.99 m)
LENGTH :
 14.7 ft (4.48 m)
HEIGHT :
 6.1 ft (1.85 m)
WING AREA :
 135 sq ft (12.57 m)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 1,873 lbs (850 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 6,613 lbs (3000 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 --
POWER PLANT :
 1 x Kayaba Model 1 Ramjet Engine, Producing
 
 661 lbs (300 kg) of Thrust at 228 mph (367 km/h);
 
 925 lbs (420 kg) of Thrust at 304 mph (490 km/h);
 
 1,212 lbs (550 kg) of thrust at 380 mph (612 km/h);
 
 1,653 lbs (750 kg) of thrust at 456-685 mph (734-1103 km/h)
 
 4 x RATO Rocket Boosters
ARMAMENT :
 2 x 30mm Cannons
BOMB LOAD :
 NONE
CREW :
 1 - Pilot
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 559 mph (900 km/h)
CRUISING SPEED :
 --
LANDING SPEED :
 62 mph (100 km/h)
CLIMB RATE :
 To 32,808 ft (10000 m) in 3 min
RANGE :
 248 miles (400 km)
SERVICE CEILING :
 49,212 ft (15000)
 
 
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Dyer, Edwin M., Japanese Secret Projects - Experimental Aircraft of The IJA and IJN 1939-1945. UK:Ian Allan Publishing . 2009. ISBN 978-1857803-174.

  
 
     
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