Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate

what is it?

The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (キ84 疾風; lit. "Gale") is a single-seat fighter designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company. Flown by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) in the last two years of World War II, its service designation was Army Type 4 Fighter (四式戦闘機, yon-shiki-sentō-ki).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 687 km/htop speed
• range 2,168 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,170 kgmax take-off weight
• built 3,514made 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 83 years ago, in 1943.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,168 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× 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

1943-03

introduced

1944

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

3,514

role

fighter

origin

Empire of Japan

makers

Nakajima

engines

1× Nakajima Homare Model Ha-45-21 (or Models 11, 12, 21, 23 or 25) / Nakajima Homare

length

9.9 m

wingspan

11.2 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

4,170 kg

top speed

687 km/h

range

2,168 km

ceiling

11,826 m

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