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Kyushu K9W Momiji ("Maple") "Cypress"
Specifications (Ki-86a):
| Crew |
2 |
| Dimensions | 24'1" by 21'9" by 8'8" 7.34m by 6.62m by 2.64m |
| Weight | 902-1409 lbs 409-639 kg |
| Maximum
speed |
112 mphl 180 km/h |
| Cruising speed | 75 mph at 3280 feet 120 km/h at 1000 meters |
| Climb rate | 8 feet per second 2.6 meters per second |
| Ceiling | 12,730 feet 3880 meters |
| Power plant | One 1100 hp Hitachi [Ha-47] 11 air-cooled 4-cylinder inline engine driving a two-bladed wooden propeller. |
| Range | 373 miles 600 km |
| Production |
A total of 339 K9W1 and 1037 Ki-86: Kyushu Hikoki K.K.: 278 K9W1 (1942-1944) Hitachi Kokuki K.K.: 61 K9W1 (1943) Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.: 1037 Ki-86 (1943-1945) |
| Variants |
The K5W1 used a Hitachi GK4A
Hatsukaze 11 engine. |
The Kyushu K9W biplane trainer was a version of
the German Bü 131 Jungmann built
under license and using Japanese aircraft engines. The Army produced a
slightly modified version designed the Ki-86. Both versions were
excellent trainer aircraft, the Ki-86 replacing the Ki-17 "Cedar" trainer.
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