Kawasaki Ki-102

what is it?

The Kawasaki Ki-102 or Type 4 Attack Plane (四式襲撃機, Yonshiki shūgeki-ki) was a twin-engine, two-seat, long-range heavy fighter developed to replace the Ki-45 Toryū. Three versions were planned: the Ki-102 Kō day fighter, Ki-102 B ground-attack, and Ki-102 C night fighter. This aircraft's Allied reporting name was "Randy".

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 15.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 580 km/htop speed
• range 2,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 7,300 kgmax take-off weight
• built 238made 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 82 years ago, in 1944.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1944

introduced

1944

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

238

role

attacker, fighter, night fighter

origin

Empire of Japan

makers

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

engines

2× Mitsubishi Ha112-II Ru

crew

2

length

11.5 m

wingspan

15.6 m

height

3.7 m

max take-off weight

7,300 kg

top speed

580 km/h

range

2,000 km

ceiling

10,000 m

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