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  • Kawasaki Ki-100
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  • The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force, that was used in World War II. Its Army designation was Army Fighter Type 5 (五式戦闘機). Alongside with the Ki-84 Hayate the Ki-100 was one of the best Fighter aircraft in World War II. It was developed from the Kawasaki Ki-61-II-KAI and was powered by a Mitsubishi-Ha112-II-radial engine with a power of 1120 kW. The first flight was on 1st February 1945 and it entered service in March of the same year. The last derivative, the Ki-100-Ib, was used in the last few weeks of the War.
  • The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late war radial engined development of the Kawasaki Ki-61.
  • The first production model of the Ki-100 was Ki-100-I-Ko, based around the airframe of the earlier Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. As an interceptor, the Ki-100 had a rate of climb of 500 metres per minute and a service ceiling of 10,700 metres. Operational range was
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Length
  • 8.8 m
fullweight
  • 2700.0
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Range
  • 1200
Speed
  • 579
Affiliation
Role
  • Bomber interception
Name
  • Ki-100-I-Ko
Type
  • Fighter
Caption
  • The image shows a Ki-100-Ib in the markings of the 244th Sentai
Wingspan
  • 12 m
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Passengers
  • None
Engine
  • Mitsubishi Ha 112
Crew
  • one
Armament
  • Two Ho-103 Machine Guns and two Ho-5 Autocannons with the option to carry either two additional bombs or two drop tanks for long range operations.
Year
  • 1944
abstract
  • The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force, that was used in World War II. Its Army designation was Army Fighter Type 5 (五式戦闘機). Alongside with the Ki-84 Hayate the Ki-100 was one of the best Fighter aircraft in World War II. It was developed from the Kawasaki Ki-61-II-KAI and was powered by a Mitsubishi-Ha112-II-radial engine with a power of 1120 kW. The first flight was on 1st February 1945 and it entered service in March of the same year. The last derivative, the Ki-100-Ib, was used in the last few weeks of the War.
  • The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late war radial engined development of the Kawasaki Ki-61.
  • The first production model of the Ki-100 was Ki-100-I-Ko, based around the airframe of the earlier Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. As an interceptor, the Ki-100 had a rate of climb of 500 metres per minute and a service ceiling of 10,700 metres. Operational range was