2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tachikawa Ki-17 in Motooka Airfield 1943: 不明・福岡飛行訓練所関係者（書籍発行者は上瀉口武）· Public domain
- 2. Tachikawa Ki-9 and Tachikawa Ki-17 in Motooka Airfield 1941: 不明・福岡飛行訓練所関係者（書籍発行者は上瀉口武）· Public domain
what is it?
The Tachikawa Ki-17 (九五式三型練習機, Kyugoshiki san-gata renshuki) was a basic training aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force built by Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd in the 1930s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 9.8 m wingspan
base stats
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 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
- 1935-07
- number built
- 658
- role
- military training aircraft
- origin
- Empire of Japan
- makers
- Tachikawa
- engines
- 1× Hitachi Ha12 (Army Type 95 150hp Air Cooled Radial)
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.8 m
- wingspan
- 9.8 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 900 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,300 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1426442, Wikipedia: Tachikawa Ki-17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.