Kawanishi H8K - Specifications (Kawanishi H8K2)

Specifications (Kawanishi H8K2)

Data from Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II

General characteristics

  • Crew: 10
  • Length: 28.15 m (92 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 38.00 m (124 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 9.15 m (30 ft)
  • Wing area: 160 m² (1,721 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 18,380 kg (40,436 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 24,500 kg (53,900 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 32,500 kg (71,500 lb)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Mitsubishi Kasei 22 radial engines, 1,380 kW (1,850 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 465 km/h (290 mph)
  • Range: 7,150 km (4,440 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 8,760 m (28,740 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 8.1 m/s (1,600 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 153 kg/m² (31 lb/ft²)
  • Power/mass: 0.22 kW/kg (0.14 hp/lb

)Armament

  • Guns:
    • 5× 20 mm Type 99 cannon (one each in bow, dorsal, and tail turrets, plus one each in two waist blisters)
    • 5× 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 97 machine guns in fuselage hatches
  • Bombs: 2× 800 kg (1,764 lb) torpedoes or 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of bombs or depth charges

Avionics

  • Mark VI Model 1 ASV radar


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