The Nakajima Ki-87 was a Japanese prototype high-altitude fighter-interceptor of the Second World War, a single-seat low-wing monoplane with an exhaust-driven turbo-supercharged radial engine and a conventional undercarriage. It was developed against the American B-29 raids as a fall-back to the Tachikawa Ki-94-I, using less stringent requirements and building on Nakajima research into boosting a large radial engine. Construction was delayed by troubles with the electrical undercarriage and the turbo-supercharger, so the first prototype was finished in February 1945 and first flew in April, making only five test flights with the wheels down. Five hundred were planned, but the war ended with the single prototype built.
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Design and development, first flight year
the first prototype was not completed until February 1945. It first flew in April
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was a Japanese prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II
Specifications (Ki-87 prototype), engine
18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Operational history, status
Production of five-hundred aircraft was planned, but the War ended before any more than the single prototype were built.
Operational history, units built
the War ended before any more than the single prototype were built
Specifications (Ki-87 prototype), empty weight
Empty weight: 4,387 kg (9,672 lb)
Specifications (Ki-87 prototype), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 6,100 kg (13,448 lb)
Specifications (Ki-87 prototype), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 706 km/h (439 mph, 381 kn) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
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The Nakajima Ki-87 was a Japanese prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II
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was a Japanese prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II
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was a Japanese prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor of World War II
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