-The Type-5 fighter is a type that has been rapidly remodeled into an air-cooled star-shaped engine HA 112 to cope with the increase in neckless splashes due to the production delay of HA 104 liquid-cooled engine.
-In order to mount a star-shaped engine larger than the fuselage width on an airframe originally designed as a liquid-cooled engine mounting machine, the Kawasaki design team following Mr. Takeo Doi repeated hard efforts and completed this remodeling in a very short time. It was
-As a result, although the maximum speed was slightly lower than that of the droplets due to the increase of the frontal area, the rise performance by removal of the cooling system was improved, and the overall balance was extremely improved. It has been improved and now it is possible to challenge the F-6F Hellcat and P-51 D Mustangs with more than just enough air combat.
-As a hope for the mainland air defense battle, the 5th Formula Battle, which succeeded in the first flight in February 1955, was immediately devoted to mass production efforts, and was mainly deployed to the 244th squadron, the 5th squadron, the 59th squadron, etc. He was active in the mainland air defense battle, but only about 390 aircraft were produced by the bombing of factories by air raids, and it reached a defeat without becoming a great force.
[Actual machine data]
-Crew: 1 person
-Total width: 12.0 m
-Total length: 8.92 m
-Total height: 3.72 m
-Total weight: 2,764 kg
-Engine: HA-112 (Aparting power: 1,520 HP)
-Maximum speed: 580 km / h (6,000 m)
-Cruise speed: 400 km / h (4,000 m)
-Fixed armed: 20 mm cannons x 2 and 12.7 mm cannons x 2
-First flight: February 1945
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )