Kawasaki Ki-28

Infobox Aircraft
name=Ki-28


caption=Kawasaki Ki-28
type= Experimental Fighter Aircraft
manufacturer=Kawasaki Kōkūki Kogyo KK
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first flight=1936
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primary user=IJA Air Force
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number built=1
variants with their own articles=The nihongo|Kawasaki Ki-28|キ28 (航空機) |Ki-Nijuhachi (kōkūki) was an experimental fighter aircraft designed for the Japanese Imperial Army. It flew in 1936, but was never produced for actual use.

Design & Development

The Ki-28 was initially produced by Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō KK in response to Japanese army specifications for a fighter aircraft to replace the existing Kawasaki Ki-10. In mid 1935 Kawasaki, Mitsubishi and Nakajima were instructed to build competitive prototypes. The Kawasaki design was based on its earlier, but unsuccessful Ki-5. It was a cantilever low-wing monoplane of all metal construction, except for fabric covered control surfaces, with a conventional tail unit, fixed tailskid landing gear and powered a Convert|800|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on Kawasaki Ha 9-2 liquid-cooled in-line engine.

Service trials proved that the Kawasaki Ki-28 was the fastest of the three contenders, but the Nakajima Ki-27 was by far the most maneuverable, and on this basis was selected by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.

Operators

Military operators

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* Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

pecifications

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length main= 7.9 meters
length alt= 25.92 feet
span main= 12 meters
span alt= 39.37 feet
height main= 2.60 meters
height alt= 8.53 feet
area main= 19 sq.m.
area alt= 204.52 sq ft.
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empty weight main= 1,420 kg
empty weight alt= 3,130 lb
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max takeoff weight main= 1,760 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3,880 lb
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engine (prop)= Kawasaki Ha-9-2, 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled in-line piston engine
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number of props= 1
power main= 800 hp
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max speed main= 485 km/h
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range main= 1000 km
range alt= 620 miles
ceiling main= 11000 meters
ceiling alt= 36,000 feet
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guns= 2x 7.7 mm machine guns
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see also=*List of military aircraft of Japan

References

*cite book
last = Mikesh
first = Robert
year = 1990
title = Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941
publisher = Naval Institute Press
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id = ISBN 1557505632

External links

* [http://www.aviastar.org/air/japan/kawasaki_ki-28.php Virtual Aircraft Museum]