Entry Into service
1944-01-01
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- Name
- Kawasaki Ki-102
- Manufacturer
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Description
- The Kawasaki Ki-102 or was a twin-engine, two-seat, long-range heavy fighter developed to replace the Ki-45 Toryū.
- First Flight
- 1944-01-01
- Entry Into service
- 1944-01-01
- Service End
- 1945-01-01
- Designer
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Type
- Attacker, fighter, night fighter
- Length (m)
- 11.45
- Height (m)
- 3.7
- Cockpit Crew
- 2
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 580
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 10000
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 11.9
- Armament
- ; 1 × 57 mm (2.24 in) Ho-401 cannon—replaced in the 102a with a 37 mm (1.46 in) Ho-204 cannon, deleted in the 102 C; 2 × 20 mm Ho-5 cannon in the belly—replaced in the 102 C with 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon in the package, plus oblique-firing 2 × 20 mm cannon; 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Ho-103 machine gun (deleted in the Ki-102a and Ki-102); ; 2 × 200 L (53 US gal) drop tanks; or; 2 × 250 kg (551 lb) bombs…
- National Origin
- Japan
- Number Built
- 238
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Mitsubishi Ha112-II Ru 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1120 kW (1502 hp) each
- Primary Users
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
- Status
- Retired
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-102
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 15.57
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 34
- Number of Engines
- 2