WW2 KAWASAKI KI-45 RC TWO SEAT HEAVY FIGHTER - TWIN OS GT33cc PETROLS - WINGS & WHEELS - 2023

PILOT / OWNER / BUILDER / PAINTER - NIGEL I ANSEN,

The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu was a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"; the Allied reporting name was "Nick"
Originally serving as a long-range escort-fighter, the design — as with most heavy fighters of the period — fell prey to smaller, lighter, more agile single-engine fighters.
As such, the Ki-45 instead served as a day and nighttime interceptor and strike fighter.

Introduced : October 1941
Engine type : Radial engine
Top speed : 540 km/h
Range : 2,000 km
Retired : 1945
Designer : Takeo Doi
Primary users : Imperial Japanese Army Air Service; People's Liberation Army Air Force,

General characteristics

Crew : 2
Length : 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wingspan : 15.02 m (49 ft 3 in)
Height : 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area : 32 m2 (340 sq ft)
Airfoil : root : NACA 24015; tip : NACA 23010
Empty weight : 4,000 kg (8,818 lb)
Gross weight : 8,820 kg (19,445 lb)
Powerplant : 2 × Mitsubishi Ha-102 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 783 kW (1,050 hp) each
Propellers : 3-bladed constant-speed propellers
Performance

Maximum speed : 540 km/h (340 mph, 290 kn)
Range : 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
Service ceiling : 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Rate of climb : 11.7 m/s (2,300 ft/min)
Wing loading : 171.9 kg/m2 (35.2 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass : 0.26 kW/kg (0.16 hp/lb)
Armament
1 × 37 mm (1.457 in) Ho-203 cannon, 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Ho-3 cannon, 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Type 89 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

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FILMED AT THE WINGS & WHEELS SPECTACULAR HELD AT NORTH WEALD AIRFIELD ,
EPPING, ESSEX,
CM16 6AR
ON 24-25-6-2023,