Nakajima Ki-6

what is it?

The Nakajima Ki-6 (九五式二型練習機, Kyūgo-shiki nigata renshuki) was a licensed-produced version of the Fokker Super Universal transport built by Nakajima Aircraft Company in the 1930s. Initially used as an airliner, the militarized version was used by the Imperial Japanese Army in a variety of roles, ranging from medical evacuation to transport and training aircraft. It was used extensively in combat zones in Manchukuo and in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 15.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 245 km/htop speed
• range 1,045 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,820 kgmax take-off weight
• built 87made 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,045 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight

1930

introduced

1931

retired

1940

status

retired

number built

87

role

transport, training aircraft

makers

Nakajima

engines

1× Nakajima Kotobuki air-cooled radial engine

crew

1

length

11.3 m

wingspan

15.4 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

2,820 kg

top speed

245 km/h

range

1,045 km

ceiling

6,000 m

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