Fuji LM-1 Nikko

what is it?

The Fuji LM-1 Nikko is a Japanese light communications aircraft of the 1950s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 298 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,531 kgmax take-off weight
• built 27made 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 71 years ago, in 1955.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1955-06-06

introduced

1955

status

retired

number built

27

role

military communications aircraft

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Subaru Corporation

engines

1× Continental O-470 6-cylinder horizontally opposed air-cooled

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.9 m

wingspan

10 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

1,531 kg

top speed

298 km/h

cruise speed

253 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,300 m

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

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