Specifications (Ki-43-IIb)
Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 8.92 m (29 ft 3⅜ in)
- Wingspan: 10.84 m (35 ft 6¾ in)
- Height: 3.27 m (10 ft 8¾in)
- Wing area: 21.4 m² (230.4 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,910 kg (4,211 lb)
- Loaded weight: 2,590 kg (5,710 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 2,925 kg (6,450 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima Ha-115 fourteen cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 858 kW (1,150 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 530 km/h (286 knots, 329 mph) at 4,000 m (13,125 ft)
- Cruise speed: 440 km/h (237 knots, 273 mph)
- Range: 1,760 km (952 nmi, 1095 mi)
- Ferry range: 3,200 km (1,730 nmi, 1,990 mi)
- Service ceiling: 11,200 m (36,750 ft)
- Wing loading: 121 kg/m² (24.8 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- Guns: 2× fixed, forward-firing 12.7 mm (.50 in) Ho-103 machine guns in the cowl with 250 rpg
- Bombs: 2× 250 kg (551 lb) bombs
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