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Yokosuka R2Y

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Top speed
  
770 km/h

Length
  
13 m

Wingspan
  
14 m

First flight
  
May 8, 1945

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Manufacturer
  
Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal

The Yokosuka R2Y Keiun (景雲 - "Cirrus Cloud") was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft built in Japan late in World War II.

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Design and development

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Commissioned for the Imperial Japanese Navy after the R1Y design was cancelled due to its disappointing performance estimates, the R2Y used coupled engines driving a single propeller and also featured a tricycle undercarriage.

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Completed in April 1945, the prototype made a short flight on 8 May, but was destroyed in a US air raid only a few days later, thus ending development.

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A proposal was also made to develop the R2Y into a turbojet-powered light bomber by replacing its piston engines with two Mitsubishi Ne-330s. Designated the R2Y2 Keiun-Kai, the prototype was begun but never completed.

Specifications (R2Y1)

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

General characteristics

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  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 13.05 m (42 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 4.24 m (13 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 34.0 m² (366 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 6,015 kg (13,261 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 8,100 kg (17,857 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 9,400 kg (20,723 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Aichi Ha-70 (Two 1,300 kW (1,700 hp) Aichi Atsuta engines coupled to a gearbox), 2,500 kW (3,400 hp)

    • Performance

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  • Maximum speed: 770 km/h (416 kn, 480 mph)
  • Range: 3,610 km (1,949 nmi, 2,251 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 12,700 m (38,376 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 1100 m/min (3609 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 238 kg/m² (49 lb/ft²)
  • Power/mass: 31 W/kg (0.19 hp/lb)

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    References

    Yokosuka R2Y Wikipedia
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