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Yokosuka H5Y ( 九九式飛行艇)
The Yokosuka H5Y is a Japanese flying boat created in 1936 and commissioned in 1940. 20 H5Y1 aircraft were built, which probably served until 1943. 20 Yokosuka H5Y1 aircraft were built.
History
In 1934, the naval command was looking for a successor for the Hiro H4H flying boat, so they commissioned Yokosuka to create a successor for it. At the same time, it commissioned Kawanishi to create a heavy flying boat (the future H6K) as if the Yokosuki project had not worked out. This decision led to the Yokosuki aircraft having similar performance to the Kawanishi aircraft. The first prototype was ready in early 1936 and met the requirements of the Navy during flight tests, but when the plane was floating, it had stability problems. During further tests, problems with failures began to appear, which led to a very long period of corrections, which led to the fact that pre-serial production began only in 1939. In 1940, the revised Yokosuka H5Y aircraft was accepted into service as the Type 99 Flying Boat. However, the aircraft quickly became obsolete, and as it was complex to manufacture, it was discontinued in early 1941 after a total of about 20 aircraft had been produced. At the beginning of her service, she flew patrols and anti-submarine missions along with Hiro H4H aircraft, but in December 1941 the aircraft was withdrawn for training or transport functions. The Allies gave it the code name Cherry, and thought there were more of these flying boats in service. One H5Y aircraft was transferred to the Central Meteorological Observatory in Yokohama, where it served until 1942. The last Yokosuka H5Y flying boats served until 1943, after which probably all the remaining about 4 were scrapped.
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Construction description
The Yokosuka H5Y is a monoplane twin-engine aircraft with an extended umbrella main wing, powered by two Mitsubishi MK1A Shinten 21 engines with a power of 890 kW (1,200 hp) each. The width of the fuselage has been narrowed to reduce drag. Floats are installed on the wings. The aircraft had a double tail with a turret at the end. The aircraft was armed with three Type 92 7.7mm machine guns, one in the nose, one on the back, and one in the tail turret. The aircraft could carry two bombs weighing 250 kg under the wings. The crew consisted of 6 people.
General characteristics
- Crew: 6
- Length: 20.53 m
- Wingspan: 31.57 m
- Height: 6.71 m
- Wing area: 107.7 m2
- Empty weight: 7,070 kg
- Gross weight: 11,500 kg
- Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MK1A Shinten 21 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 890 kW (1,200 hp) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 306 km/h
- Cruise Speed: 240 km/h
- Range: 4 730 km
- Service ceiling: 5 280 m
- Time to altitude: 3,000 m in 24 minutes
Armament
- Guns:
- 3 x Type 92 7.7mm Machine Gun (nose, back, tail)
- Bombs
- 2 x 250 kg bombs
Summary
The Yokosuka H5Y is an interesting aircraft for Japan in War Thunder. There is an interesting bomber that would be good at the beginning of your adventure with Japanese bombers. Its payload will be useful in air, sea and ground battles. I encourage you to discuss in the comments and to share your own knowledge on this subject.
Finally, I apologize for the linguistic and logical errors because unfortunately English is not my main language and I had to use google translator.
Source
九九式飛行艇 - Wikipedia
Yokosuka H5Y - Wikipedia
Yokosuka H5Y Flying Boat - Destination’s Journey (destinationsjourney.com)
Yokosuka H5Y ‘Cherry’ repülőcsónak - A II. világháború fegyverei, járművei (blog.hu)
Yokosuka H5Y Cherry - flying boat (aviastar.org)
Yokosuka H5Y1 (combinedfleet.com)
Уголок неба ¦ Yokosuka H5Y (airwar.ru)
Jokosuka H5Y2 12 [Cherry] : Jokosuka (valka.cz)
Yokosuka 9-Shi Medium-Sized Flying Boat (H5Y) | Secret Projects Forum
Yokosuka H5Y - Japan - War Thunder - Official Forum
大日本帝国海軍 記録写真［H5Y/九九式飛行艇］ | 大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 (japanese-warship.com)
九九式飛行艇／Yokosuka H5Y：大日本帝国海軍 航空機 (xn–ww2-523es33s4hr4hk.jp)
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