Mitsubishi 2MR8

what is it?

The Mitsubishi Army Type 92 Reconnaissance Aircraft (九二式偵察機) (company designation 2MR8) was a Japanese short-range reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s designed by Mitsubishi for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. A total of 230 were built, serving between 1933 and 1936. A parasol monoplane, the Type 92 was the first military aircraft powered by an engine both designed and manufactured in Japan to enter service.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 220 km/htop speed
• size 1,770 kgmax take-off weight
• built 234made 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 95 years ago, in 1931.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 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

1931

number built

234

role

reconnaissance aircraft

engines

1× Mitsubishi Army Type 92 400hp Air Cooled Radial

crew

2

length

8.5 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

1,770 kg

top speed

220 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,700 m

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