Yokosuka Ro-gō Type A

what is it?

The Yokosuka Ro-gō Type A (横廠式ロ号甲型, Yokoshō-shiki Ro-gō Kō-gata) was a Japanese reconnaissance floatplane developed during the First World War by the Japanese Navy Arsenal at Yokosuka, and one of the first indigenous Japanese aircraft to enter production. There were 218 of these aircraft built for the Imperial Japanese Navy, which remained in use until 1928.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 156 km/htop speed
• range 778 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,628 kgmax take-off weight
• built 218made 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

• 🚗Wingspan of 15.7 m: about 3 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

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introduced

1918

retired

1928

status

retired

number built

218

role

reconnaissance floatplane

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal

engines

1× Mitsubishi type Hi

crew

2

length

10.2 m

wingspan

15.7 m

height

3.7 m

max take-off weight

1,628 kg

top speed

156 km/h

range

778 km

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