Kaishiki No.1

Japanese airplane

The 会式一号機 (Kaishiki No.1, kaishikiichigouki) was the first successful^[a] Japanese-designed and constructed airplane. It was designed by Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa and was first flown by him on October 13, 1911, at Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture.^[2]

There is a replica displayed in the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum, located near the place where the aircraft's first flight took place.^[3]

Specifications

Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)
• Upper wingspan: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Lower wingspan: 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 41.0 m² (441 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
• Gross weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Omega 7-cylinder rotary engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Chauvière

Performance

• Maximum speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
• Endurance: 3 hr

References

1. The civilian designed Narahara No. 2 made a 60 metres (200 ft) flight on 5 May 1911, but crashed on landing when its undercarriage failed.^[1]

1. Mikesh and Abe 1990, p. 47.
2. Tokorozawa Aviation Museum website Experience Exhibits Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 13, 2016
3. Aviation Museum website Kaishiki 1 - Tokorozawa Aviation Museum Retrieved February 12, 2016

• Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.

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