The Kawanishi K6K was a prototype Japanese training aircraft built by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company in the late 1930s.
| K6K | |
|---|---|
| Role | Floatplane trainer Type of aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Kawanishi Aircraft Company |
| First flight | 30 April 1938 |
| Primary user | IJN Air Service |
| Number built | 3 |
The K6K was a 2-seat twin-float biplane with a welded steel-tube fuselage, covered in fabric, light alloy and steel wing covered in fabric and monocoque floats built from light alloy. It was conceived in response to an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement for an intermediate-level training seaplane. The first flight of the K6K occurred on 30 April 1938, but flight tests revealed poor alighting characteristics, so the K6K was not ordered into production.[1]
Data from Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941[1]
General characteristics
Performance
Kawanishi and Shin Meiwa/ShinMaywa aircraft | |
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| Fighters | |
| Flying boats | |
| Reconnaissance seaplanes |
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| Trainers | |
| Suicide attack aircraft | |
| Civil aircraft | |
| WWII Allied reporting names | |
| Shin Meiwa/ShinMaywa aircraft | |
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft designations (short system) | |
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| Fighters (A) | |
| Torpedo bombers (B) | |
| Shipboard reconnaissance (C) | |
| Dive bombers (D) | |
| Reconnaissance seaplanes (E) | |
| Observation seaplanes (F) | |
| Land-based bombers (G) | |
| Flying Boats (H) | |
| Land-based Fighters (J) | |
| Trainers (K) | |
| Transports (L) |
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| Special-purpose (M)1 | |
| Floatplane fighters (N) | |
| Land-based bombers (P) | |
| Patrol (Q) | |
| Land-based reconnaissance (R) | |
| Night fighters (S) |
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1 X as second letter is for experimental aircraft or imported technology demonstrators not intended for service 2 Hyphenated trailing letter (-J, -K, -L, -N or -S) denotes design modified for secondary role | |