Tokyo Koku Ki-107

Tokyo Koku Ki-107
Role	Monoplane trainer
National origin	Japan
Manufacturer	Tokyo Koku
First flight	October 1943
Primary user	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Number built	29+

The Tokyo Koku Ki-107 was a Japanese military training aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. ^[1] The Ki-107 was a wooden-built, low-wing, two-seat monoplane with an open cockpit. ^[1] Powered by a Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) inline piston engine, it first flew in October 1943. ^[1] The Japanese Army had ordered 450, as primary trainers, as replacement for the Kokusai Ki-86 ^[2] (a license-built Bücker Bü 131 that used the same Ha-47 engine), but production was held up by air raids and only twenty-nine had been delivered by the end of the War. ^[1]

Operators

  Japan

• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

Specifications

Data fromThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft ; ^[1] Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (Teacher and student pilot)
• Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10.5 in)
• Gross weight: 829 kg (1,828 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) (a license-built Hirth HM 504) 4-cylinder inline piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 197 km/h (122 mph, 106 kn)

References

Notes

1. Orbis 1985 , p. 3013.
2. Francillon 1979 , p. 488.

Bibliography

• Francillon, René J. (1979). Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN   0-370-30251-6. OCLC   6124909. (new edition 1987 by Putnam Aeronautical Books, ISBN   0-85177-801-1.)
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.