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The Tachikawa Ki-55 was a Japanese advanced trainer.

Ki-55

Role	Military advanced training aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Tachikawa Aircraft Company
First flight	September 1939
Retired	1945 (Japan) 1953 (China)
Primary users	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Royal Thai Air Force
Produced	1940 - 1943
Number built	1,389
Developed from	Tachikawa Ki-36

Design and development

The excellent characteristics of the Tachikawa Ki-36 made it potentially ideal as a trainer. This led to the development of the Ki-55 with a single machine gun. After successful testing of a prototype in September 1939, the type was put into production as the Tachikawa Army Type 99 Advanced Trainer.

In all 1,389 Ki-55 were constructed before production ended in December 1943 with Tachikawa having built 1078 and Kawasaki 311.[1]

Both the Ki-55 and the Ki-36 were given the Allied nickname 'Ida.'

Variants

Ki-36: Army co-operation aircraft.
Ki-72: An evolved version with a 447 kW (599 hp) Hitachi Ha38 engine and retractable undercarriage. Not built.

Operators

Japan

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

Kumagaya Army Flying School
Mito Army Flying School
Tachiarai Army Flying School
Utsonomiya Army Flying School

Manchukuo

Manchukuo Air Force

Reorganized National Government of China

National Government of China Air Force received several from the Japanese.

Republic of China

Republic of China Air Force operated captured aircraft.

People's Republic of China

People's Liberation Army Air Force operated more than 30 captured aircraft at the end of 1945. These Ki-55s were used until the last 14 retired in 1953.

Thailand

Royal Thai Air Force

Francillon also mentions delivery to the Japanese satellite air force of Cochinchina, the southernmost third part of present Vietnam[2]

Specifications (Ki-55)

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Height: 3.64 m (11 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 20 m² (220 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: NACA 23014; tip: NACA 23006[4]
Empty weight: 1,292 kg (2,848 lb)
Gross weight: 1,721 kg (3,794 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Ha13a (Army Type 98 450hp Air Cooled Radial) 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 380 kW (510 hp) for take-off

350 kW (470 hp) at 1,700 m (5,577 ft)

Propellers: 2-bladed wooden propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 349 km/h (217 mph, 188 kn) at 2,200 m (7,218 ft)
Cruise speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn)
Range: 1,060 km (660 mi, 570 nmi)
Service ceiling: 8,200 m (26,900 ft)
Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 6 minutes 55 seconds
Wing loading: 86.1 kg/m² (17.6 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.222 kW/kg (0.135 hp/lb)

Armament

Guns: one fixed, forward-firing 7.7mm (0.303in) Type 89 machine gun

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tachikawa Ki-55.

Notes

Francillon 1979, p. 254.
Francillon 1979, p. 252.
Francillon 1979, p. 253.
Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

Bibliography

Francillon, René J. (1979). Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6. OCLC 6124909. (new edition 1987 by Putnam Aeronautical Books, ISBN 0-85177-801-1); 3rd edition 1987, Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 0-85177-801-1.)
Green, William & Swanborough, Gordon (n.d.). "Pentagon Over the Islands: The Thirty-Year History of Indonesian Military Aviation". Air Enthusiast Quarterly (2): 154–162. ISSN 0143-5450.

v t e Tachikawa aircraft
Imperial Japanese Army types	Ki-9 Ki-17 Ki-24 Ki-25 Ki-26 Ki-29 Ki-36 Ki-54 Ki-55 Ki-70 Ki-71 Ki-72 Ki-74 Ki-77 Ki-92 Ki-94 Ki-104 Ki-106 Ki-110 Ki-111 Ki-114 SS-1 T.S. 1 R-38
World War II Allied reporting names	Cedar Clara Hickory Ida (Ki-36) Ida (Ki-55) Pat Patsy Sonia Spruce

v t e Imperial Japanese Army Air Service aircraft designations
1-50	Ki-1 Ki-2 Ki-3 Ki-4 Ki-5 Ki-6 Ki-7 Ki-8 Ki-9 Ki-10 Ki-11 Ki-12 Ki-13 Ki-14 Ki-15 Ki-16 Ki-17 Ki-18 Ki-19 Ki-20 Ki-21 Ki-22 Ki-23 Ki-24 Ki-25 Ki-26 Ki-27 Ki-28 Ki-29 Ki-30 Ki-31 Ki-32 Ki-33 Ki-34 Ki-35 Ki-36 Ki-37 Ki-38 Ki-39 Ki-40 Ki-41 Ki-42 Ki-43 Ki-44 Ki-45 Ki-46 Ki-47 Ki-48 Ki-49 Ki-50
51-100	Ki-51 Ki-52 Ki-53 Ki-54 Ki-55 Ki-56 Ki-57 Ki-58 Ki-59 Ki-60 Ki-61 Ki-62 Ki-63 Ki-64 Ki-66 Ki-67 Ki-68 Ki-69 Ki-70 Ki-71 Ki-72 Ki-73 Ki-74 Ki-75 Ki-76 Ki-77 Ki-78 Ki-79 Ki-80 Ki-81 Ki-82 Ki-83 Ki-84 Ki-85 Ki-86 Ki-87 Ki-88 Ki-89 Ki-90 Ki-91 Ki-92 Ki-93 Ki-94 Ki-95 Ki-96 Ki-97 Ki-98 Ki-99 Ki-100
100-	Ki-101 Ki-102 Ki-103 Ki-105 Ki-106 Ki-107 Ki-108 Ki-109 Ki-110 Ki-111 Ki-112 Ki-113 Ki-114 Ki-115 Ki-116 Ki-117 Ki-118 Ki-119 Ki-147 Ki-148 Ki-167 Ki-174 Ki-200 Ki-201 Ki-202 Ki-230

World War II Allied reporting names for Japanese aircraft

Aircraft in Japanese service

Foreign aircraft
thought to be in Japanese service

Bess (Heinkel He 111)
Doc (Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Fred (Focke Wulf Fw 190)
Irene (Junkers Ju 87)
Janice (Junkers Ju 88)
Mike (Messerschmitt Bf 109)
Millie (Vultee V-11)
Trixie (Junkers Ju 52)
Trudy (Focke-Wulf Fw 200)

На других языках

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Die Tachikawa Ki-55 (alliierter Codename „Ida“) war ein Fortgeschrittenen-Schulflugzeug der Kaiserlich Japanischen Armee im Zweiten Weltkrieg.

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