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The Mitsubishi Ki-33 (キ33, Ki-sanjūsan) was an experimental monoplane fighter aircraft designed for the Japanese Imperial Army. Two prototypes flew in 1936 but the design never entered production.

Ki-33
Mitsubishi Ki-33
Role Experimental Fighter Aircraft
Manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
Designer Jiro Horikoshi
First flight 1936
Primary user IJA Air Force
Number built 2

Design & Development


The Ki-33 was initially produced by Mitsubishi in response to Japanese army specifications for a fighter to replace the existing Kawasaki Ki-10 biplane. In mid 1935 Kawasaki, Mitsubishi and Nakajima were instructed to build competitive prototypes. Mitsubishi, preoccupied with refining the Ka-14 into the A5M fighter and adapting the G3M bomber for series production for the Imperial Japanese Navy, lacked sufficient design capacity to develop another fighter from scratch, and therefore submitted its earlier and unsuccessful Ki-18 design, with comparatively minor changes, as the Ki-18 had proven to be a good fighter aircraft and the reasons for its rejection were based on principles rather than quality.[1] Labeled the Mitsubishi Ki-33, the modified design was powered by a Nakajima Ha-1-Ko engine rated at 555 kW (744 hp) at 3,700 m (12,140 ft). An aft-sliding canopy was added, the aft fuselage decking was raised and the vertical tail surfaces were modified. The prototypes were completed during the early summer of 1936. Service trials from November 1936 until the spring of 1937 proved that the Kawasaki Ki-28 was the fastest of the three contenders,[2] but the Nakajima Ki-27 was by far the most maneuverable, and on this basis was selected by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.[3][4]



Operators


 Japan

Specifications


Data from Famous Airplanes of the World #76: Army Experimental Fighters[5]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Related development

Related lists


References


Notes
  1. Mikesh & Abe 1990, pp. 187, 188.
  2. Mikesh & Abe 1990, p. 157.
  3. Januszewski 2003, p. 11.
  4. Mikesh & Abe 1990, p. 188.
  5. FAOW 1976, p. 2.
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Il Mitsubishi Ki-33 (三菱 キ33 Mitsubishi ki sanjūsan?) era un caccia monomotore monoplano ad ala bassa sviluppato dall'azienda giapponese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries negli anni trenta e rimasto allo stadio di prototipo.



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