| Manufacturer |
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation |
Frederick Koolhoven |
| Description |
The Mitsubishi Ki-46 is a twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft that was used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. |
The Koolhoven F.K.48 was an airliner built in the Netherlands in 1934 for KLM. |
| First Flight |
1939-11-01 |
1934-05-24 |
| Entry Into service |
1941-07-01 |
|
| Service End |
1945-09-01 |
|
| Designer |
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation |
Frederick Koolhoven |
| Type |
Twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft |
|
| Length (m) |
11 |
11 |
| Height (m) |
3.88 |
2.65 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
|
| Max Seating |
|
8 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
604 |
206 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
400 |
187 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
10720 |
4200 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
3 |
| Armament |
1× 7.7 mm Type 89 machine gun flexibly mounted in the rear cockpit (not fitted to all models) |
|
| Capacity Description |
|
8 passengers / 1000 kg payload |
| National Origin |
|
Netherlands |
| Number Built |
1742 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Mitsubishi Ha-102 (Army Type 100 1,050hp Air Cooled Radial) 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 805 kW (1080 hp) each |
2 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engines, 97 kW (130 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force |
KLM |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-46 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolhoven_F.K.48 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
14.7 |
15.2 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
32 |
31.15 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
De Havilland Gipsy Major |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |