Kawasaki Army Type 92 Fighter

The Kawasaki Army Type 92 Fighter, known by its company designation KDA-5, was a single-seat biplane fighter designed for the Imperial Japanese Army by the German engineer Richard Vogt. Kawasaki built five prototypes that first flew in 1930, and the army ordered it into production in 1932. It had unequal-span sesquiplane wings, fixed landing gear and a BMW VI engine of about 630 horsepower. Production covered 180 Model 1 aircraft and then 200 of the strengthened, more powerful Model 2. Both versions fought in Manchukuo, but pilots disliked its unstable take-off and landing and it was hard to maintain in cold weather. A few were still flying in 1941 as trainers.