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In 1934 the staff of the Yokosuka Navy Arsenal turned their hand to the design of a twin-engined flying-boat, the Yokosuka H5Y powered by two 895kW Mitsubishi Shinten 21 radial engines. Although built to a total of 20 during 1936-40 as the Navy Type 99 Flying-Boat, its performance was disappointing and, consequently, was deployed only on second-line duties.
| MODEL | H5Y1 |
| CREW | 6 |
| ENGINE | 2 x Mitsubishi "Shinten-21", 895kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 12500 kg | 27558 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 31.57 m | 103 ft 7 in |
| Length | 20.52 m | 67 ft 4 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 305 km/h | 190 mph |
| Ceiling | 5200 m | 17050 ft |
| Range | 4700 km | 2921 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 3 x 7.9mm machine-guns, 500kg of bombs |
 | A three-view drawing (592 x 680) |
| Ray O'Neill, rjoneill(@)eartylink.net, 07.06.2007 In the Koku Fan famous Aircraft of the World,No. 49,dedicated to the "Emily",there is a photo of a "Cherry" on the water camoflaged but with civil registration.
I am currently scratch building this aircraft from my own vac-u-form mold.
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