Скачать или смотреть Nakajima Kikka - A Japanese Copy of A German Jet?

The story of the Nakajima Kikka is a convoluted one. Some sources will cite the plane being developed from the Me-262. Others will cite that it was an entirely Japanese affair, that just happens to resemble the German jet.

We'll be covering both arguments in today's video. Though the true answer is, as is often the case, likely somewhere in the middle. Certainly, the final engines are based on German designs. With very little material to work with.

Or, to put it this way, Japanese engineers built a jet engine on the equivalent of pictures in a wiki article.

As for the Kikka itself...well, it's a misunderstood plane. Not a fighter, but an attacker.

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Further Reading:
https://sensha-manual.blogspot.com/20...
https://archive.org/details/japanesea...
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nakajima...
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/ed...
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection...