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Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 (九三式水上中間練習機)
The Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 is a Japanese seaplane training aircraft created in 1934. The official name is Intermediate training machine in water type 93 and the short designation is K5Y2. By 1945, more than 800 Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 aircraft had been built.
History
After the development of the Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y1 training aircraft, a decision was quickly made to create the next Yokosuka K4Y1 seaplane on its basis. The modification was relatively simple, because it consisted in replacing the fixed landing gear with two floats. The first seaplane based on the K5Y1 was built in 1934 and was designated Intermediate training machine in water type 93 or K5Y2. Until 1939, floats were made of wood, then they began to be made of metal. The K5Y2 aircraft were used for the initial training of Japanese flying boat crews, and at the end of the war they were assigned to kamikaze missions, due to the lack of other available aircraft. The Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 trainers were the primary training aircraft of the Japanese Navy from 1934 to 1945 and were much loved by the crews. After the war, a small number of K5Y2 aircraft were used by Indonesia.
Construction description
The Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 aircraft is very similar to the K5Y1 aircraft, but there is a big difference between them, and more specifically the type of landing gear. The K5Y2 aircraft has two floats instead of a fixed landing gear with wheels.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8,71 m
- Wingspan: 10,99 m
- Height: 3,82 m
- Wing area: 27,7m2
- Empty weight: 1150 kg
- Gross weight: 1650 kg
- Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Amakaze 11 ,air-cooled nine-cylinder radial engine with a take-off power of 250 kW (340 hp)
- Propellers: Two-bladed wooden propeller with a fixed angle of attack with a diameter of 2,750 mm
Performance
- Maximum speed: 198 km/h
- Cruising speed: 138 km/h
- Range: 700 km
- Maximum Range: 900 km
- Service ceiling: 4 330 m
- Climb Rate: 2,58 m/s
- Rate of climb: 3,000 m in 19 minutes 35 seconds
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 x Type 89 Fixed Machine Gun 7.7mm in the nose ,or
- 1 x Type 97 Fixed Machine Gun 7.7mm in the nose ,
- 1 x A movable Type 92 7.7 mm machine gun in the co-pilot position
- Bombs
- 2 x 30 kg bombs (Under the wings)
- 10 x 10 kg bombs (Under the wings)
Special thanks
@Rowiek
Summary
The Yokosuka/Kawanishi K5Y2 is an interesting aircraft for Japan in War Thunder. This aircraft is ideal for naval battles, where it will be able to occupy bases and conduct reconnaissance of enemy units. In addition, this aircraft is armed, which allows it to defend itself and attack some opponents. 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.
Internet sources
九三式中間練習機 - Wikipedia
九三式中間練習機／Yokosuka K5Y：大日本帝国海軍 航空機
Yokosuka K5Y - Wikipedia
Уголок неба ¦ Yokosuka K5Y
Jokosuka K5Y2 [Willow] : Jokosuka
Yokosuka K5Y “Willow” - Japan - War Thunder - Official Forum
Yokosuka K5Y
Yokosuka K5Y Willow - trainer
Yokosuka K5Y ‘Willow’ Type 93 Intermediate Trainer
Book sources
- Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War page 446-448
- La Aviación Japonesa en la Segunda Guerra mundial (Japanese aviation in World War II) page 417-418
Aviones Japonese | PDF | Fuerzas aéreas del ejército de los Estados Unidos | Avión de combate
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