Kyushu K11W Shiragiku

1942

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Kyushu K11W Shiragiku

The Kyushu K11W was designed by Watanabe to meet an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement for a crew trainer. A mid-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tailwheel landing gear, the K11W accommodated a pilot and radio operator/gunner in a canopied cockpit above the wing, with the instructor, bomb-aimer and navigator in acabin below the wing. Power was provided by a 384kW Hitachi GK2B Amakaze 21 radial engine. First flown in prototype form during November 1942, the K11W was soon ordered into production as the Navy Operations Trainer Shiragiku (white chrysanthemum), these aircraft having the company designation K11W1. Almost 800 were built by Kyushu from 1943 to 1945, being used extensively by the navy. In the closing stages of the Pacific war many K11W1s were used in kamikaze attacks. In addition to this standard version, a small number were built of all-wooden construction under the designation K11W2 and equipped for use in ASW and transport roles. The K11W1 spanned 14.98m, had a maximum take-off weight of 2640kg and had a maximum speed of 230km/h.

The same basic design was used for a dedicated anti-submarine aircraft, the Kyushu Q3W1 Nankai (south sea), which reached only prototype form.

Kyushu K11W Shiragiku

Specification 
 MODELK11W1
 CREW5
 ENGINE1 x Hitachi GK2B "Amakaze-21", 385kW
 WEIGHTS
  Take-off weight2640-2800 kg5820 - 6173 lb
  Empty weight1677 kg3697 lb
 DIMENSIONS
  Wingspan14.98 m49 ft 2 in
  Length10.24 m34 ft 7 in
  Height3.93 m13 ft 11 in
  Wing area30.5 m2328.30 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
  Max. speed230 km/h143 mph
  Cruise speed175 km/h109 mph
  Ceiling5620 m18450 ft
  Range1760 km1094 miles
 ARMAMENT1 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 2 x 30-kg bombs

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Comments
beiguo, 18.06.2011 11:27

were used in kamikaze attacks. In addition to this standard version, a small number were built of all-wooden construction under the designation K11W2 and equipped for use in ASW and transport roles.

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