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The Ki-15 was designed by the
Mitsubishi corporation to meet an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
requirement of 1935 for a two-seat, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.
The resulting aircraft was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed,
spatted undercarriage. Power was by a single Nakajima Ha-8 radial engine,
giving 750 hp at 4,000 m. The first prototype flew in May 1936, with
testing proving successful, the aircraft meeting all performance
requirements, reaching a speed of 481 km/h and showing good handling
characteristics. The type was ordered into production under the official designation Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Plane Model 1. In May 1937, a year after the first flight, delivery of the first of 437 production aircraft to the army began Plans were already in hand to improve the Ki-15-I, and in September 1939 the Ki-15-II was put into production with the 900 hp Mitsubishi Ha-26-1; the smaller diameter of this both reduced drag and overcame one of the major shortcomings of the initial version: poor forward field of view past the large-diameter of the initial Nakajima Kotobuki engine. The improved version entered production in September 1939 as the Ki-15-II. The Japanese Navy, impressed by the performance of this aircraft, ordered 20 examples of the Ki-15-II under the designation “Navy Type 98 Reconnaissance Plane Model 1," or Mitsubishi designation C5M1. The Navy subsequently acquired 30 C5M2 aircraft which had an even more powerful 949 hp Nakajima Sakae 12 engine. They were used for reconnaissance duties. When production ended, approximately 500 examples of all versions of the Ki-15 had been built, the majority in front-line service when the Pacific War began. By 1943, the Ki-15 had been relegated to second-line roles. |
Die Ki-15
wurde von der Mitsubishi Corporation entwickelt, um 1935 die Anforderungen
der kaiser-lichen japanischen Luftwaffe für ein zweisitziges Hochgeschwindigkeits-Aufklärungsflugzeug zu er-füllen. Das resultierende
Flugzeug war ein Tief-decker mit freitragendem Flügel und feststehendem
Fahrwerk. Angetieben wurde sie von einem einzel-nen Nakajima Ha-8 Sternmotor,
der 750 PS auf 4.000 m leistete. Der erste Prototyp flog im Mai 1936, wobei
sich die Tests als erfolgreich erwie-sen. Das Flugzeug erfüllte alle
Leistungsanforder-ungen, erreichte eine Geschwindigkeit von 481
km / h und zeigte gute Fahreigenschaften. |
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C5M1 |
Improved version of Ki-15-I for the Japanese Navy |
C5M1 |
Verbesserte Version der Ki-15-I für die japanische Marine |
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C5M2 |
Upgraded version of C5M-1 with more powerful engine for the Japanese Navy |
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Verbesserte Version der C5M-1 mit stärkerem Motor für die japanische Marine |
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