Imperial Japanese Army Air Service

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:03:11 AM

Decided to make a separate thread for the planes.

Aircraft data either from Wikipedia or forum.valka.cz. Ki designations of planes do not match those of the actual historical list.

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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service

Plane ------------ In service --- Produced --- Operational ----
Mitsubishi Ki-1 ---- 1915 --------- 2700 ------- 2700 ---------
Aichi Ki-2 --------- 1915 ---------- 300 -------- 300 ---------
Nakajima Ki-3 ------ 1915 ---------- 300 -------- 300 ---------
Kawasaki Ki-4 ------ 1915 ---------- 500 -------- 500 ---------
Nakajima Ki-5 ------ 1915 ---------- 300 -------- 300 ---------
Mitsubishi Ki-6 ---- 1915 ---------- 400 -------- 400 ---------
Nakajima Ki-9 ------ 1917 --------- 1800 ------- 1800 ---------
Aichi Ki-10 -------- 1917 --------- 1600 ------- 1600 ---------
Mitsubishi Ki-12 --- 1917 ---------- 200 -------- 200 ---------

H2/1915 (1921)

Mitsubishi Ki-1 ----- 600
Aichi Ki-2 ---------- 200
Nakajima Ki-3 ------- 200
Kawasaki Ki-4 ------- 200
Nakajima Ki-5 ------- 200
Mitsubishi Ki-6 ----- 200

H1/1916 (1922)
Mitsubishi Ki-1 ----- 400
Aichi Ki-2 ---------- 100
Nakajima Ki-3 ------- 100
Kawasaki Ki-4 ------- 300
Nakajima Ki-5 ------- 100
Mitsubishi Ki-6 ----- 100

H1/1917 (1923)
Mitsubishi Ki-1 ----- 400
Nakajima Ki-9 ------- 400
Aichi Ki-10 --------- 200
Mitsubishi Ki-12 ---- 100

H2/1917 (1923)
Mitsubishi Ki-1 ----- 500
Nakajima Ki-9 ------- 600
Aichi Ki-10 --------- 600
Mitsubishi Ki-12 ---- 100

H1/1918 (1924)
Mitsubishi Ki-1 ----- 800
Nakajima Ki-9 ------- 800
Aichi Ki-10 --------- 800

H2/1918 (1924)
Aichi Ki-13 --------- 100

H2/1919
Nakajima Ki-14 fighter

Mitsubishi Ki-15 heavy bomber

Mitsubishi Ki-16 Fighter

Nakajima Ki-18 Fighter

Aichi Ki-19 Escort fighter

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:05:31 AM

Mitsubishi Ki-1 Fighter/Bomber/Reconnaisance/Trainer

(OTL Avro 504)
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Gabriel and Charles Voysin

Crew: 2
Length: 29 ft 6 in
Wingspan: 36 ft
Height: 10 ft 5 in
Empty weight: 1,231 lbs
Maximum takeoff weight: 1,829 lbs
Powerplant: One Mitsubishi M4 Rotary engine, 110 hp
Maximum speed: 97 mph
Service ceiling: 16,000 feet
Endurance: 3 hours
Armament: One 6.5mm Type 65 machine gun

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:05:56 AM

Aichi Ki-2 Trainer/Bomber

(OTL Bristol TB.8 )
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Lewis Bregett

Crew: 2
Length: 29 ft 3 in
Wingspan: 37ft 8 in
Height:
Empty weight: 970 lbs
Maximum takeoff weight: 1665 lbs
Powerplant: One Nakajima 9C Rotary engine, 80hp
Maximum speed: 70 mph
Service ceiling:
Endurance: 5 hours
Armament: light bombs

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:06:18 AM

Nakajima Ki-3 Scout/Fighter

(OTL Bristol Scout)
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Frank Burnwell

Crew: 1
Length: 20 ft 8 in
Wingspan: 24 ft 7 in
Height: 8 ft 6 in
Empty weight: 789 lbs
Loaded weight: 1,195 lbs
Powerplant: One Nakajima 9C Rotary engine, 80hp
Maximum speed: 100 mph
Service ceiling: 16,000 ft
Endurance: 2 hours
Armament: One 7.7mm Type 68 machine gun

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:06:50 AM

Kawasaki Ki-4 Reconnaissance/Bomber

(OTL Farman MF.11)
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Maurice Framan

Crew: 2
Length: 31 ft
Wingspan: 53 ft
Height: 10.5 ft
Empty weight: 1,210 lbs
Loaded weight: 2,045 lbs
Powerplant: One Kawasaki III 8-cylinder air-cooled inline engine, 100 hp
Maximum speed: 66 mph
Service ceiling: 12,400 ft
Endurance: 3 hours, 45 minutes.
Armament: One 6.5mm Type 65 machine gun, Eighteen 16 lbs bombs

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:07:20 AM

Nakajima Ki-5 General purpose aircraft

(OTL Nieuport 10)
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Gus Delages

Crew: 1
Length: 23 ft 3 in
Wingspan: 26 ft 11 in
Height:
Empty weight: 902 lbs
Loaded weight: 1,451 lbs
Powerplant: One Nakajima 9C Rotary engine, 80hp
Maximum speed: 87 mph
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft
Endurance: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Armament: One 6.5mm Type 65 machine gun.

Walter · August 27, 2009, 10:07:44 AM

Mitsubishi Ki-6 Fighter/Bomber

(OTL Voisin III)
Maiden flight: 1914
Introduced: 1915
Designer: Gabriel and Charles Voysin

Crew: 2
Length: 31 ft 6 in
Wingspan: 52 ft 6 in
Height: 12 ft 6 in
Empty weight: 3,030 lbs
Loaded weight: 4,022 lbs
Powerplant: One Mitsubishi M9 Radial engine, 120 hp
Maximum speed: 68 mph
Service ceiling: 19,500 ft
Range: approx. 200-500 km
Armament: One 6.5mm Type 65 machine gun, 330 lbs.

Walter · August 27, 2009, 11:40:47 AM

Nakajima Ki-9 fighter

(OTL Albatros D.III)
Maiden flight: 1916
Introduced: 1917
Designer: Robert Thaylen

Crew: 1
Length: 7.33 m
Wingspan: 9.05 m
Height: 2.98 m
Empty weight: 695 kg
Loaded weight: 886 kg
Powerplant: One Kawasaki IV inline water cooled engine, 175 hp
Maximum speed: 175 km/h
Service ceiling: 5500 m
Endurance: 2 hours
Armament: Two fixed 7.7mm Type 72 machine guns

A Ki-9 with Manchu Anti Zeppelin Incendiary Rockets (MAZIR) strapped to the struts.

Walter · August 27, 2009, 11:43:03 AM

Aichi Ki-10 light bomber

(OTL Breguet XIV)
Maiden flight: 1916
Introduced: 1917
Designer: Lewis Bregett

Crew: 2
Length: 8.87 m
Wingspan: 14.36 m
Height: 3.3 m
Empty weight: 1020 kg
Loaded weight: 1560 kg
Powerplant: One Kawasaki VI inline water cooled engine, 300 hp
Maximum speed: 184 km/h
Service ceiling: 5900 m
Endurance: 4.6 hours
Armament: One fixed 7.7mm Type 72 machine guns, two flexible 7.7mm Type 74 machine guns, 300 kg bombs

Large amounts of metal (aluminium) rather than wood is used in its structure.

Walter · August 27, 2009, 11:44:09 AM

Mitsubishi Ki-12 heavy bomber

(OTL Staaken R.VI with Sikorsky Alexander Nevsky weapon details)
Maiden flight: 1916
Introduced: 1917
Designer: Alex Bouwman

Crew: 7
Length: 22.1 m
Wingspan: 42.2 m
Height: 6.3 m
Empty weight: 7680 kg
Loaded weight: 11460 kg
Powerplant: four Kawasaki V inline water cooled engines, 260 hp each
Maximum speed: 135 km/h
Service ceiling: 4320 m
Endurance: 10 hours
Armament: Originally five 7.7mm Type 74 machine guns. Later throughout its carreer various numbers and combinations of guns at different points, including 12.7 mm, 15.3 mm, 25 mm, 37 mm, and 76.2 mm guns, Type 65, Type 68, and Type 72 Machine guns, and Leonid Kurchevsky's experimental recoilless guns among them.
2000 kg bombs. Bomb loads including 18x 100 kg bombs,or 32x 50 kg bombs, or 4x 500 kg, or 3x 656 kg bombs or 10x 127-mm rockets.

Walter · February 28, 2010, 02:12:30 AM

Aichi Ki-13

(Junkers J 1)

All metal fighter aircraft
Maiden flight: 1917
Introduced: 1918
Built: 1
Designer: Lewis Bregett

Crew: 1
Length: 8.64 m
Wingspan: 12.92 m
Height: 2.49 m
Empty weight: 920 kg
Loaded weight: 1080 kg
Powerplant: One Kawasaki II 6-cylinder inline engine, 120 hp
Maximum speed: 170 km/h
Armament: One fixed 7.7mm Type 72 machine gun