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Tachikawa LO "Thelma"
| Crew | 3 |
| Dimensions | 49'2" by 65'6" by 11'5" 15.0m by 20.0m by 3.5m |
| Wing area | 552 square feet 51.3 square meters |
| Weight | 10,906-15,653 lbs 4946-7100 kg |
| Maximum speed | 260 mph at 11,710 feet 419 km/h at 3570 meters |
| Cruise speed | 224 mph 361 km/h |
| Climb rate | 33.6 feet per second 10.2 meters per second |
| Service ceiling | 29,950 feet 9130 meters |
| Power plant | 2 900 hp (671 kW) Type 99 Mitsubishi
Ha-26-I
fourteen-cylinder
radial engines driving three bladed propellers |
| Armament | 1 0.30 flexible dorsal machine gun |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Range | 1190 nautical miles 2200 km |
| Production | A total of 119 airframes: Tachikawa Hikoki K.K.: 64 aircraft (1940-42) Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo K.K.: 55 aircraft (1940-41) |
Thelma was a Japanese
derivative of the Lockheed
Model 14-38 passenger
transport, built under license (until war broke out) but modified to
use
Mitsubishi engines. This was the same airframe that formed the basis
for the A-28 Hudson.
The basic airframe was modified for experimental
development of cabin pressurization in 1943 as the SS-1.
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