Tachikawa Ki-17

Infobox Aircraft
name=Tachikawa Ki-17


caption=Tachikawa Ki-17
type=Military training aircraft
manufacturer=Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd
designer=
first flight= July 1935
introduced=
retired=
status=out of service
primary user=Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy
more users=
produced=1936 - 1943
number built=658
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=The nihongo|Tachikawa Ki-17|九五式三型練習機|Kyugoshiki san-gata renshuki was a basic training aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force built by Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd in the 1930s. It was known to the Allies under the code name of "Cedar" during World War II.

Design & Development

The Ki-9 was originally planned to be manufactured in two versions using the same basic airframe, but with different engines for service as either a primary or intermediate trainer. However, when the lower-powered form proved to be unsuitable due a center of gravity issue, design of a new airframe was ordered for the basic trainer version, and was given the new designation of Ki-17.

Compared to the Ki-9, the Ki-17 had equal-span wings, a slimmer fuselage and a revised tailplane. It was powered by a Convert|112|kW|hp|-1|abbr=on Hitachi Ha-13a radial engine. The first prototype flew in July 1935.

The only major change made to subsequent production aircraft was the deletion of the upper-wing ailerons to eliminate oversensitive control inputs

Operational history

The Ki-17 was introduced to service as the “Army Type 95-3 Basic Grade Trainer Model A” under the former aircraft naming nomenclature system. Tachikawa manufactured 658 Ki-17s between 1936 and 1943 and the type saw service with the Army Air Academy.

Operators

*flag|Japan: Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy
*flag|Thailand: Royal Thai Air Force

pecifications ( Ki-17)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop

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crew=2
capacity=
length main= 7.85 m
length alt= 25 ft 9 in
span main= 9.82 m
span alt= 32 ft 3 in
height main= 2.95 m
height alt= 9 ft 8 in
area main= 26.2 m²
area alt= 281.91 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 639 kg
empty weight alt= 1,408 lb
loaded weight main= 914 kg
loaded weight alt= 2,014 lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main= kg
max takeoff weight alt= lb
more general=

engine (prop)= Hitachi Ha-12
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main= 112 kW
power alt= 160 hp
power original=

max speed main= 174 km/h
max speed alt= knots, 105 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= 5,300 m
ceiling alt= 17,390 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
more performance=
armament=
avionics=

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Francillon, René J. "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War". London: Putnam Aeronautical, 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6. (new edition 1987. ISBN 0-85177-801-1.)

ee also

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* List of military aircraft of Japan