Tachikawa Ki-36

what is it?

The Tachikawa Ki-36 (named Ida in Allied reporting code) is an army cooperation aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd. Designated as the Army Type 98 Direct Co-operation Aircraft by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS), it was a twin-seat, low-wing monoplane with a single piston engine and fixed conventional undercarriage with a tailwheel. Designed during the late 1930s in response to a specification for a new army cooperation aircraft suitable for austere airstrips, observation, and light attack duties to be adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the Ki-36 was a fairly conventional aircraft for the era, featuring sizable control surfaces, a relatively lightweight airframe, and large wing area.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 348 km/htop speed
• range 1,235 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,660 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,334made 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,235 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1938-04-20

number built

1,334

role

two-seat army co-operation aircraft

makers

Tachikawa

engines

1× Hitachi Ha13a (Army Type 98 450hp Air Cooled Radial)

crew

2

length

8 m

wingspan

11.8 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

1,660 kg

top speed

348 km/h

cruise speed

235 km/h

range

1,235 km

ceiling

8,150 m

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

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