Fuji T-5

infobox Aircraft
name = T-5
type = Basic trainer
manufacturer = Fuji


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first flight = 1988
introduced = 1988
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primary user = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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developed from =Fuji KM-2
variants with their own articles = none

Fuji T-5 or KM-2Kai is a Japanese turboprop-driven primary trainer aircraft, which is a development of the earlier Fuji KM-2. The student and the instructor sit side-by-side.

History

The Fuji T-5 was developed by Fuji Heavy Industries as a replacement for the piston-engined Fuji KM-2 (itself a development of the Beechcraft T-34) as a primary trainer for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Fuji refitted a KM-2 with an Allison 250 turboprop engine in place of the original Lycoming piston engine, the resulting KM-2D first flying on 28 June 1984 cite book| last = Taylor| first = JWR (Editor)| title = Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1988-1989 | year = 1988| publisher = Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsden, UK| language =| isbn =0 7106-0867-5] and being certified on 14 February 1985 cite book |last= Donald|first=David |coauthors= Lake, Jon (editors) |title= Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft |year= 1996 |publisher= Aerospace Publishing|location= London |isbn= 1 874023 95 6] . The KM-2Kai is a further development of the KM-2D, with a modernised cockpit with side-by-side seating and a sliding canopy replacing the original KM-2's car type side doors (which were retained by the KM-2D).

Operational history

The KM-2Kai was ordered by the JMSDF as the Fuji T-5 in March 1987, with deliveries of the KM2-Kai to the Japanese Self Defence Forces beginning in 1988, with a total of 40 being built. The T-5 serves with the 201 Kyoiku Kokutai at Ozuki in Japan [ cite web |url= http://www.scramble.nl/jp.htm|title= Scramble|accessdate=2007-04-26 |format= |work= ] . The original KM-2 is no longer in service.

Operators

;JPN
*Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

pecifications (T-5)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide [cite book|title=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide|last=Rendall|first=David|pages=505|year=1995|id=ISBN 0-00-4709802|publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers|location=Glasgow, UK]

crew=2: student, instructor
length main=8.4 m
length alt=27 ft 8 in
span main=10 m
span alt=32 ft 11 in
height main=2.9 m
height alt=9 ft 8 in
area main=16.5 m²
area alt=178 ft²
airfoil=NACA 23016.5/23012 (root/tip)
empty weight main=1,082 kg
empty weight alt=2,385 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=1,805 kg
max takeoff weight alt=3,979 lb

engine (prop)=Allison 250-B17D
type of prop= turboprop
number of props=1
power main=261 kW
power alt=350 hp

max speed main=357 km/h
max speed alt=193 knots, 222 mph
max speed more= at 2,440 m (8,000 ft)
cruise speed main=287 km/h
cruise speed alt=155 knots, 178 km/h
stall speed main=104 km/h cite book |last=Taylor|first=M J H (editor) | title = Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition | year = 1999 | publisher = Brassey's |location=London| isbn = 1 85753 245 7 ]
stall speed alt=56 knots, 65 mph
stall speed more= (flaps down)
never exceed speed main=413 km/h
never exceed speed alt=223 knots, 256 mph
range main=945 km
range alt=510 nm, 587 mi
ceiling main=7,620 m
ceiling alt=25,000 ft
climb rate main=8.6 m/s
climb rate alt=1,700 ft/min
loading main=
loading alt=
thrust/weight=

armament=*None fitted as standard

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