Nakajima Ki-201
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The Nakajima Ki-201 Template:Nihongo was a Japanese jet fighter/attack aircraft project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was not built.
Development
The unrelated and much smaller Nakajima Kikka had been developed as a result of interest by the Navy in an equivalent to the German Messerschmitt Me 262, but the similarities to that aircraft were very limited.<ref name="Mikesh1979p28">Template:Harvnb</ref> On the other hand, the design team led by Iwao Shibuya based the Karyū more closely on the German aircraft, but was over 8% larger.
The Ki-201 project was ordered by the Imperial Japanese Army in late 1944, with a performance requirement of an Template:Cvt top speed, Template:Cvt ceiling, and a Template:Cvt range. The design was developed by Nakajima during 1945 and basic drawings were completed by June.<ref name="FAOWp82">Template:Cite book</ref>
Nakajima anticipated the completion of the first prototype Karyū by December, and the first 18 pre-production aircraft by March 1946.<ref name="FAOWp82" /> Work on the first airframe had not started when Japan surrendered.<ref name="Mikesh1979p28" /><ref name="FAOWp82" />
Specifications (planned specification)
See also
References
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Bibliography
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External links
- The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu – j-aircraft.org
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