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With the Ki-100 proving such a success, it was decided to initiate production of this aircraft, the resulting Ki-100-Ib differing only by having the cutdown rear fuselage and all-round-view canopy that had been designed for the proposed Ki-61-III.
4 decal variants:
1. Ki-100, Akeno Flight Training Division (111th Air Regiment, flown by Mj. Yohei Hinoki (12 victories, Miki AF, Hyougo prefecture Japan, July 1945
2. Ki-100, 5th Air Regiment, Kiyosu AF, Aichi prefecture, Japan, July 1945
3. Ki-100, 244th Air Regiment, flown by Regiment Commander Maj. Teruhiko Kobayashi (12 victories), Yokaichi AF, Shiga prefecture, Japan, July 1945
4. Ki-100, 244th Air Regiment, flown by Regiment Commander Maj. Teruhiko Kobayashi (12 victories), Yokaichi AF, Shiga prefecture, Japan, July 1945
A total of 99 of this version was built before production was brought to an end by the growing weight of USAAF air attacks. A more effective version had been planned, to be powered by the Mitsubishi Ha-112 engine which incorporated a turbocharger to improve high-altitude performance, but only three of these Ki-100-II prototypes had been built and flown by the end of the war.
Kawasaki Ki-100 er en japansk, enmotoret lavvinget jagerfly med en klassisk hale og en metalstruktur. Prototypens flyvning fandt sted i februar 1945, og samme år kom flyet ind på linjen. Ki-100 var en meget vidtgående modifikation af Ki-61 maskinen, som primært gik ud på at erstatte de upålidelige Ha-40 og Ha-140 rækkemotorer med Mitsubishi Ha-112-II KASEI radialmotoren med 1500 hk. Trods problemerne var det muligt at starte serieproduktion, som var baseret på to flymodeller: Ki-100-I Ko og Ki-100-I Otsu. Ki-100'erne blev næsten udelukkende brugt som interceptorer til B-29 bombeangreb på de japanske øer. Der blev bygget omkring 400 maskiner af begge versioner. Tekniske data: længde: 8,82 m, vingefang: 12 m, højde: 3,75 m, maksimal hastighed: 580 km/t, stigningshastighed: 13,9 m/s, maksimal rækkevidde: 2200 km, maksimalt loft 11000 m, bevæbning: fast - 2 12,7 mm Ho -103 maskingeværer og 2 20mm Ho-5 kanoner.
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