Kawasaki Ki-91

what is it?

The Kawasaki Ki-91 was a Japanese heavy bomber developed by Kawasaki Aircraft Industries during the later years of World War II.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · 47.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 580 km/htop speed
• range 9,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 58 tmax 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 4.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 47.9 m: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 9,000 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× 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

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number built

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role

heavy bomber

makers

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

engines

4× Mitsubishi Ha-214 Ru

crew

8

length

33 m

wingspan

47.9 m

height

10 m

max take-off weight

58 t

top speed

580 km/h

range

9,000 km

ceiling

13,500 m

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