DeAgostini WWII Aircraft Collection – Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ‘Tony’ , Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

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            Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, “flying swallow”) is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The Japanese Army designation was “Army Type 3 Fighter” (三式戦闘機). Allied pilots initially believed Ki-61s were Messerschmitt Bf 109s and later an Italian aircraft, which led to the Allied reporting name of “Tony“, assigned by the United States War Department.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.94 m (29 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 20 m² (220 sq ft)
• Airfoil: NACA 2R 16 wing root, NACA 24009 tip
• Empty weight: 2,630 kg (5,798 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,470 kg (7,650 lb)
• Fuel capacity:
• Internal 550 l (150 US gal; 120 imp gal)
• External 2x 200 l (53 US gal; 44 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Kawasaki Ha40 inverted liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine, 864 kW (1,159 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 580 km/h (360 mph; 313 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
• Range: 580 km (360 mi; 313 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 11,600 m (38,100 ft)
• Rate of climb: 15.2 m/s (2,990 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 7.0 min to 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
• Wing loading: 173.5 kg/m² (35.5 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.25 kW/kg (0.15 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns:
  • 2× 20 mm (0.79 in) Ho-5 cannon, 120 rounds per gun each
  • 2× 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Ho-103 machine guns, 250 rpg each
• Bombs: 2× 250 kg (550 lb) bombs