Kawanishi e5k

In 1928, the Imperial Navy of Japan formed an order to develop new long-range and short-range reconnaissance seaplanes to replace the obsolete Yokosuka E1Y and Nakajima E2N, respectively.

As a replacement for the E1Y , the Yokosuka E5Y aircraft, developed by the Yokosuka Navy Arsenal, was adopted. It was produced in the factories of Kawanishi . Since the fleet did not satisfy its characteristics, Kawanishi decided to upgrade it by installing a more powerful Hiro Type 91-1 engine (620 hp). This model was named E5K, a total of 17 aircraft were built. But replacing the engine did not improve flight performance, and the fleet ordered Aichi to produce a modified E1Y3 aircraft.

Specifications

• Crew : 3
• Length : 10.81 m
• Wing span: 14.46 m
• Height : 4.74 m
• Wing Area: 55.00 m²
• Wing profile:
• Empty weight: 1 800 kg
• Curb weight:
• Normal take-off weight:
• Maximum take-off weight: 3,000 kg
• Type 91 Engine
• Power : 1x 500 HP ^[one]

Flight performance

• Maximum speed : 185 km / h
  • by the ground:
  • at a height of m:
• Cruising speed : 130 km / h
• Flight duration: 3 hours 20 minutes
• Practical ceiling : 4,050 m
• Rate of climb :
• Wing load: kg / m² ^[1]

Armament

• Gun-machine gun:
  • two front 7.7 mm machine guns, one 7.7 mm machine gun on a movable turret in the rear cockpit, and one of the same in the ventral turret
• Bomb load: 2 x 125 kg or 3 x 60 kg bombs ^[1]

• Tadeusz Januszewski, Krzysztof Zalewski. Japońskie samoloty marynarki 1912-1945 ISBN 83-86776-50-1
• Obukhovich V.A., Kulbaka S.P., Sidorenko S.I. Airplanes of the Second World War.- Mn .: OOO Potpourri, 2003.- 736 pp.: Ill. ISBN 985-438-823-9 .

• E5K ( unopened ) . Corner of the sky: aviation encyclopedia. Date of treatment 2016-24-06.