DAI-ICHI KAIGUN KOKU GIJITSUSHO or
KUGISHO - (YOKOSUKA
NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL ARSENAL)
FIRST FLIGHT :
1945
SERVICE DELIVERY :
NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
0 (Only One Wooden Mock-up
Completed By June 1945)
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
29.5 ft (8.99 m)
LENGTH :
26.8 ft (8.16 m)
HEIGHT :
3.7 ft (1.12 m)
WING AREA :
139.9 sq ft (12.99 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
2,535 lbs (1150 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
5,004 lbs (2270 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
2,469 lbs (1120 kg)
POWER PLANT :
1 x Ne-20 Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine, Developing 1,047 lbs (475 kg)
of Thrust; 1 x Type 4 Mark 1 Model 20 Solid Fuel Rocket, Developing
565 lbs (256 kg) of Thrust
ARMAMENT :
NONE
BOMB LOAD :
1,763 lbs (800 kg) Tri-Nitroaminol Explosive Warhead
CREW :
1 - Pilot
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
345 mph (556 km/h) at 13,125 ft (4000 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
--
LANDING SPEED :
--
CLIMB RATE :
--
RANGE :
172 miles (277 km)
SERVICE CEILING :
--
REFERENCES
Dyer, Edwin M. Japanese Secret Projects - Experimental Aircraft of the IJA & IJN 1939-1945.
Surrey, England: Midland Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-1857803-174.
