CITY OF GIFU, JAPAN ~ 1945

CITY OF GIFU, JAPAN ~ 1945

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DTN News - 1945: Kawasaki Ki-78 "Ken-3" High Speed Experimental Aircraft

DTN News - 1945: Kawasaki Ki-78 "Ken-3" High Speed Experimental Aircraft

Kawasaki Ki-78 "Ken-3" High Speed Experimental Aircraft

Length : 8.10m  - Wing Span : 8.00m - Hight : 3.07m - Wing Area : 11.0 Square Meter

All-Up Weight : 2,300Kg - Empty Weight : 1,930Kg

Engine : Dimler-Benz DB601 Modify Watar Cooling Engine (1,550hp) X 1

(The methanol injection system equiped)

Max Speed : 699.9Km/h - Service Ceiling : 8,000m

Range : 600Km - Crew : 1 - Armament : None

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DTN News - RARE PHOTO: City of Gifu, Japan ~ 1945

DTN News - RARE PHOTO: City of Gifu, Japan ~ 1945

An American M7 "Priest" smashing up Japanese aircraft fuselages at the aircraft factory in Gifu. Under the right track of the M7 ,a Kawasaki Ki-78 KEN fighter. 

The aircraft was powered by a Daimler-Benz and during one of the flights reached a speed of about 700 km / h, but it had significant drawbacks on the airframe.Trying to remedy the drawbacks failed. Work at the plant was stopped in 1944.

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