Kawasaki Ki-5

what is it?

The Kawasaki Ki-5 (川崎 キ5, Ki-go) was an experimental low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft designed for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. It first flew in February 1934, but was never produced for actual use. It was the last Japanese design led by Richard Vogt before he returned to Germany.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 10.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 360 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,870 kgmax take-off weight

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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× 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

1934

number built

—

role

experimental fighter aircraft

engines

1× Kawasaki Ha9

crew

1

length

7.8 m

wingspan

10.6 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,870 kg

top speed

360 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

9,400 m

wings

low wing

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