Kawasaki Ki-100

E50162

World War II aircraft fighter aircraft

The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft → fighter aircraft →
aircraftConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →
airframeBasedOn	Kawasaki Ki-61-II →
armament	2× 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine guns → 2× 20 mm Ho-5 cannon →
bombLoad	2× 250 kg bombs →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
crew	1 →
cruiseSpeed	400 km/h →
designFeature	radial engine fitted to inline-engine airframe →
emptyWeight	2700 kg →
engineConfiguration	14-cylinder twin-row radial →
engineModel	Mitsubishi Ha-112-II →
engineType	radial engine →
firstFlight	1945-02-01 →
grossWeight	3500 kg →
height	3.80 m →
introduced	1945 →
length	8.82 m →
manufacturer	Kawasaki Aircraft Industries →
maximumSpeed	580 km/h →
maximumTakeoffWeight	3800 kg →
notableFeature	excellent maneuverability → high reliability →
numberBuilt	approximately 390 →
numberOfEngines	1 →
opponentAircraft	Boeing B-29 Superfortress → North American P-51 Mustang →
powerOutput	1500 hp →
predecessor	Kawasaki Ki-61 →
primaryMission	air defense of Japan →
primaryUser	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service →
productionPeriod	1945 →
range	2200 km →
rateOfClimb	15.7 m/s →
retired	post-World War II →
role	fighter → interceptor →
serviceCeiling	11000 m →
serviceEntry	1945 →
theaterOfOperations	Japanese home islands →
undercarriage	retractable tailwheel landing gear →
usedBy	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service →
variant	Kawasaki Ki-100-I Ko → Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu → Kawasaki Ki-100-II →
wingArea	20.0 m² →
wingspan	12.00 m →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kawasaki Ki-100 ("Kawasaki Ki-100-I Ko") → Kawasaki Ki-100 ("Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu") → Kawasaki Ki-100 ("Kawasaki Ki-100-II") →	variant
Kawasaki Ki-61 →	successor
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service →	usedAircraft