Kawasaki Ka 87

what is it?

The Dornier N was a bomber aircraft designed in Germany in the 1920s for production in Japan. Production of 28 aircraft started in Japan in 1927, as the Kawasaki Ka 87 (also known as the Type 87 Night Bomber). Designed and built as a landplane, its layout was strongly reminiscent of the Dornier flying boats of the same period; a parasol-wing, strut-braced monoplane with two engines, mounted in a push-pull nacelle above the wing.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · high wing · 26.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 181 km/htop speed
• size 7,700 kgmax take-off weight
• built 28made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🚗Wingspan of 26.8 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1926-02-19

number built

28

role

bomber

origin

German Reich

makers

Dornier

engines

2× Kawasaki BMW VI / BMW VI

length

18 m

wingspan

26.8 m

height

5.9 m

max take-off weight

7,700 kg

top speed

181 km/h

cruise speed

171 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,000 m

wings

high wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.