DAI-ICHI KAIGUN KOKU GIJITSUSHO or
KUGISHO - (YOKOSUKA
NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL ARSENAL)
FIRST FLIGHT :
OCTOBER 1944 UNPOWERED, NOVEMBER 1944 POWERED
SERVICE DELIVERY :
1945
NUMBER BUILT :
755
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
16.8 ft (512 m)
LENGTH :
19.9 ft (6.06 m)
HEIGHT :
3.8 ft (1.15 m)
WING AREA :
64.5 sq ft (5.99 m)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
970 lbs (440 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
4,718 lbs (2140.5 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
--
POWER PLANT :
3 x Type 4 Mark 1 Model 20 Solid Fuel Rockets with a total
of 1,764 lbs. thrust
ARMAMENT :
NONE
BOMB LOAD :
2,646 lbs Tri-Nitroaminol Explosive Warhead
CREW :
1 - Pilot
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
403 mph (649 km/h) at 11,500 ft (3505 m); 576 mph (927 km/h) in
a Powered Dive
CRUISING SPEED :
287 mph (462 km/h) at 11,482 ft (3500 m)
LANDING SPEED :
--
CLIMB RATE :
---
RANGE :
23 miles (37 km) Max
SERVICE CEILING :
27,066 ft (8250 m)
REFERENCES
Dyer, Edwin M. Japanese Secret Projects - Experimental Aircraft of the IJA & IJN 1939-1945.
Surrey, England: Midland Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-1857803-174.
