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Duration: 06:18 minutes Upload Time: 2007-02-11 08:40:14 User: auldm :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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Description: Kawasaki Ki-100b only one in existance, Mitsubishi KI-46 'Dinah', Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka on display at the RAF Museum's UK. One of the most elegant aircraft of World War Two, the 'Dinah' was so successful that Germany tried (in vain) to acquire manufacturing rights from Japan. Although fighter and ground attack versions were developed, it was in the high-altitude photographic reconnaissance role that the Ki46 excelled. Given allied codename 'Dinah', this aircraft combined high speed with long range and was able to cover the entire Pacific theatre of operations with little opposition. Having first flown in November 1939, performance trials showed the prototype Ki46-I's top speed to be 64kph (40mph) lower than the requirement, although at 540kph (336mph) it was still faster than the latest Japanese fighters! Ki46s were first used operationally over China, their speed enabling them to avoid interception by the few fighters available to the Chinese. Before the highly successful Japanese campaign against the British in Malaya, detailed reconnaissance of the area was carried out by a Ki46 unit. Detachments of Japanese Army Air Force Ki46s were soon deployed to cover most of South-east Asia and their success led to the Japanese Navy operating a small number of Dinahs. Although Dinahs became vulnerable to fast-climbing Allied fighters towards the end of the war, they still managed to make many reconnaissance flights over the large, well-defended airbases in the Mariana Islands that the Americans were using for massed bomber raids against Japan in 1944 and 1945. Initially conceived as a stop gap design, the Kawasaki Ki 100 Ib was one of the finest Japanese fighters of the Second World War although not introduced until 1945. One consequence of the American 'island hopping' campaign across the Pacific was to expose Japan to air attack by long range bombers. In response, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force urgently sought fighters with improved high altitude performance. To meet this need in the short term, Kawasaki produced a high altitude version of the Ki61 Hien (Swallow) fighter. However, problems with its liquid cooled engine resulted in large numbers of airframes being placed in storage awaiting serviceable engines. In an attempt to overcome this bottleneck, three airframes were modified to accept a Mitsubishi radial engine. Redesignated the Ki100, the first prototype made its maiden flight on 1 February 1945. Following an accelerated and highly successful flight test programme, 272 of the stored airframes were rebuilt to Ki100 Ia standard between February and June 1945 and pressed into service as Army Type 5 fighters. An additional 118 new airframes with bubble canopies designated Ki100 1b were manufactured before the Japanese surrender. Fast, manoeuvrable, rugged and reliable, Allied pilots found the Ki 100 a formidable opponent. This is the only one to survive. 'A design born of utter but faithful desperation' the Yokosuka MXY7 Model 11 (Japanese Ohka or 'Cherry Blossom' , allied code name 'Baka') shows the desperate Japanese attempts to defend the home islands as the allies advanced through the Pacific from late 1944. It was a rocket powered piloted aircraft to be carried and launched from a 'Mother' aircraft, glide as far as possible before making a final rocket powered approach to impact on its target. Unpowered prototypes were tested in October 1944; 755 were built by March 1945. Its disastrous first mission saw all 16 vulnerable and highly inflammable Mitsubishi G4M2e 'Betty' Mother bomber aircraft destroyed by allied fighters and the Ohkas released short of their intended targets. A few later successes included the sinking of an American destroyer on 12 April 1945, by which time production had ceased due to the vulnerability of the mother aircraft. A turbojet-powered development and two-seat trainer variant were also built. |
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| ediirwin ::: Favorites 2007-12-21 00:59:33 Not really... __________________________________________________ | |
| Kataphraktoi ::: Favorites 2007-12-05 05:52:13 The Ha-45 engine on Ki84 was designed for 100 octane,more octane still couldn't break limit.Actually base on a pre-IJA officer's memory ,ki84otsu ever hit 660km/hr in wartime Japanese offical test.And ki84otsu just upgrade armament,all others were the same with ki84ko. __________________________________________________ | |
| coldbrewbeer ::: Favorites 2007-10-31 16:34:37 looks like a Fock Wulf at 1:50 __________________________________________________ | |
| 22steve5150 ::: Favorites 2007-10-13 18:01:55 you are wrong in many ways. the Ki-84 never broke 400 for the japanese and the americans used special high octane fuel that the japanese never had to get to 430mph. the p-51d (437mph) and p-51h (487mph) still were faster and without the american fuel the F4U, F8F, P-47d, and P-38L were also faster. __________________________________________________ | |
| 22steve5150 ::: Favorites 2007-10-13 17:46:15 didnt help them much when they lost 11 planes for every american plane lost. __________________________________________________ | |
| auldm ::: Favorites 2007-10-10 18:16:32 The music is by Philip Glass and it is from the soudtrack to the film "Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters" __________________________________________________ | |
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| lordrugal ::: Favorites 2007-10-09 00:04:13 for the love of god, i must know the name of the music in this video. __________________________________________________ | |
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| kammerite ::: Favorites 2007-10-04 03:27:16 This is a Ki-100. A Ki-61 airframe with a Ha-112-II radial engine. The Ki-61s had problems with the Ha-140 V12 liquid cooled motor and had a surplus of airframes sitting around waiting. They redesigned the cowl to accommodate the radial. It was lighter than the Ha-140, giving it better wing loading and probably was the best Japanese fighter made. But too late __________________________________________________ | |
| slickwing ::: Favorites 2007-09-27 00:24:13 The Japanese traded speed for armament and firepower. __________________________________________________ | |
| windswords2 ::: Favorites 2007-09-26 21:51:34 After the War flight tests were conducted between Allied and japanese aircraft, and it turned out that the Ki-84 could outperform the best Allied fighters. The North American P-51D Mustang and the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt were both left behind, the first with 3 Mph (5 km/h), the second with 22 Mph (35 km/h). The speed reached by the Ki-84 was 427 Mph (687 km/h) at an altitude of 20,000 ft (6.096 m). __________________________________________________ | |
| Dani4Leif ::: Favorites 2007-09-22 04:59:09 but they were fast and cheap to produce __________________________________________________ | |
| buttermobile ::: Favorites 2007-09-18 14:39:13 Japanese planes had virtually no armor, poor guns and cannons, no armor glass and no self sealing fuel tanks and were generally slower than allied planes. The Ki-84 was only faster at low levels than the Mustang by less than 20 mph, above 10,000 feet the Mustang was over 80 mph faster. __________________________________________________ | |
| mosin1111 ::: Favorites 2007-08-23 00:15:25 the KI-84 Was an excellent plane,it had armor,speed,and firepower. It is even faster than the P-51 Mustang! I personally like the A6M2 Zero :) __________________________________________________ | |
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