The Nakajima Kikka, meaning Tachibana Flower and first designated Kokoku Nigo Heiki, was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft. In September 1944 the Imperial Japanese Navy asked Nakajima for a jet aircraft that could reach at least 430 miles per hour with a 1,100 pound bomb, and the result was a compact straight-winged twin-jet influenced by, but not copied from, the Messerschmitt Me 262, with folding wings for storage in tunnels. It used two Ishikawajima Ne-20 turbojets based on the BMW 003. The single completed prototype made its only flight on 7 August 1945 and was damaged days later. Two examples survive in the US National Air and Space Museum.
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the Imperial Japanese Navy requested that Nakajima design a jet-powered combat aircraft
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was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft
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The first aircraft performed its maiden flight on 7 August 1945
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was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft
Specifications (Kikka), engine
2 × Ishikawajima Ne-20 axial-flow turbojet engines
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Two examples are in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum in the U.S.
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Only a single Kikka was ever completed prior to the Surrender of Japan
Specifications (Kikka), empty weight
Empty weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
Specifications (Kikka), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 4,312 kg (9,506 lb)
Specifications (Kikka), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 696 km/h (432 mph, 376 kn) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
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the Imperial Japanese Navy requested that Nakajima design a jet-powered combat aircraft
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was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft
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the Imperial Japanese Navy requested that Nakajima design a jet-powered combat aircraft
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was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft
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was Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft
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