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Kawasaki Ki 56

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Top speed
  
400 km/h

Length
  
15 m

Wingspan
  
20 m

Designer
  
Takeo Doi

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Manufacturers
  
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Aerospace Company

The Kawasaki Ki-56 (一式貨物輸送機, Type 1 Freight Transport) was a Japanese two-engine light transport aircraft used during World War II. It was known to the Allies by the reporting name "Thalia". 121 were built between 1940 and 1943.

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Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 Thalia

Design and development

Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 THALIA transport

The Kawasaki Ki-56 was derived from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra aircraft that the Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (The Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company Limited) had built under licence. In September 1939 Kawasaki was asked by the Koku Hombu to design an improved version as Ki-56. A number was also built by Tachikawa Hikoki K.K..

Specifications (Ki-56)

Data from Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft; Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

General characteristics

Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 THALIA transport

  • Crew: Four (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, & radio operator)
  • Capacity: 14 passengers
  • Length: 14.90 m (48 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 19.96 m (65 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 51.2 m² (551 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 4,672 kg (10,300 lb)
  • Useful load: 2,400 kg (5,280 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 8,024 kg (17,692 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Nakajima Ha-25 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 739 kW (990 hp) each

    • Performance

    Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 Thalia

  • Maximum speed: 400 km/h (215 kn, 248 mph) at 3,500 m (11,480 ft)
  • Range: 3,300 km (1,782 nmi, 2,060 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 8,000 m (26,250 ft)
  • Wing loading: 156.7 kg/m² (32.1 lb/ft²)
  • Power/mass: 0.18 kW/kg (4.05 kg/hp; 8.9 lb/hp)
  • Time to altitude: 12 min. 38 sec. to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)

    • Armament

  • None

    • Kawasaki Ki-56 Japanese Aircraft of WWII Thalia and Thelma

    Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 THALIA transport

    Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 Thalia by rlkitterman on DeviantArt

    Kawasaki Ki-56 Kawasaki Ki56 Type 1 Thalia Info

    References

    Kawasaki Ki-56 Wikipedia
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