Aichi E3A - Japanese reconnaissance aircraft [1] , developed by the German company Heinkel under the name Heinkel HD 56 .
| Aichi E3A, Heinkel HD 56 | |
|---|---|
 Aichi e3a | |
| Type of | scout |
| Developer | Heinkel |
| Manufacturer | Aichi |
| Chief Designer | Ernst Heinkel , Tetsuo Mickey |
| First flight | 1931 |
| Start of operation | 1932 |
| End of operation | 1937 |
| Status | written off |
| Operators |  Imperial Navy of Japan |
| Units produced | 12 |
Content
History and Operation
The aircraft was designed by Heinkel by order of the Japanese company Aichi for the Imperial Navy of Japan . Initially, the aircraft was called the Heinkel HD 56. The HD 56 had a Wright Whirlwind J-6 9-cylinder engine with a capacity of 220 liters. with. The first tests of the aircraft began in 1929 , and in 1930 the aircraft arrived in Japan .
In Japan, the plane decided to upgrade. The modernization of the aircraft involved Tetsuo Mickey. On a modernized version, a Tempû engine from Tokio Gasu Denki, with a capacity of 300-340 liters, was installed. with. with two-bladed wooden screw . The wingspan was reduced, the wingspan of the stabilizer and the height of the vertical tail were reduced. In 1931, the crew of test pilots Aichi Kanekichi Yokoyama and Tomizo Amagai made their first flight on a modernized aircraft from the port of Nagoya . In the same year, the aircraft became known as Aichi E3A.
Aichi E3A was based on the Sendai class light cruisers . By 1937, Aichi E3A aircraft were transferred to flight schools , some were sold to civilian airlines and soon decommissioned. [one]
Flight performance
| Wing span, m | 11.10 |
| Length m | 8.45 |
| Height, m | 3.67 |
| Weight kg | |
| empty plane | 1118 |
| maximum take-off | 1600 |
| engine's type | 1 PD Type 90 Gusuden Tempu |
| Horsepower | 1 x 300 |
| Maximum speed, km / h | 198 |
| Cruising speed, km / h | 125 |
| Practical range, km | 740 |
| Rate of climb, m / min | 164 |
| Practical ceiling, m | 4710 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Armament: | one front fixed 7.7 mm machine gun, one 7.7 mm turret machine gun mounted in the rear cockpit, two 30 kg bombs |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Corner of the sky .
Literature
- Andrey Haruk. Hitler's combat aircraft. The first color encyclopedia of the Luftwaffe. - M .: EKSMO, 2014 .-- 400 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-70867-3 .