Kawanishi Baika

Kawanishi Baika

The Kawanishi "Baika" (梅花 - "Ume" Blossom") was a pulsejet-powered kamikaze aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. The war ended before any were built. The design was greatly inspired by the manned version of the German V1 flying bomb, the Fieseler Fi 103R "Reichenberg".

Variants

* Type I - Pulsejet intake located above and behind the cockpit, droppable landing gear. Intended for conventional take off on own power (possibly with the help of droppable rocket boosters).
* Type II - Similar to Type I, but with pulsejet moved "forwards", no landing gear. Intended for submarine launch.
* Type III - Pulsejet mounted ventrally, no landing gear. Presumably, this version was intended to be air-launched by medium bombers such as the Mitsubishi G4M, Nakajima G8N or Yokosuka P1Y

pecifications (Baika, as designed)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= jet
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crew=One, pilot
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 7.00 m
length alt= 23 ft 0 in
span main= 6.60 m
span alt= 21 ft 8 in
height main=
height alt=
area main= 7.6 m²
area alt= 82 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 750 kg
empty weight alt= 1,653 lb
loaded weight main= 1,430 kg
loaded weight alt= 3,152 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
more general=

engine (jet)=Maru Ka-10
type of jet=Pulse jet engine
number of jets=1
thrust main= 2.9 kN
thrust alt= 660 lbf
thrust original=
afterburning thrust main=
afterburning thrust alt=

max speed main= 556 km/h
max speed alt= 300 knots, 347 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
range main=
range alt=
ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main= 188 kg/m²
loading alt= 38 lb/ft²
thrust/weight= 0.2:1
more performance=
armament=
* 1 × 250 kg (550 lb) warhead
avionics=

ee also

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related=

similar aircraft=
* Ohka
* Fieseler Fi 103
sequence=

lists=
* List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
* List of World War II jet aircraft
* List of military aircraft of Japan
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