Tokyo Koku Ki-107

Tokyo Koku Ki-107
Role	Monoplane trainer
National origin	Japan
Manufacturer	Tokyo Koku
First flight	October 1943
Primary user	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Number built	29+

The Tokyo Koku Ki-107 was a Japanese military training aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.^[1] The Ki-107 was a wooden-built low-wing two-seat monoplane with an open cockpit.^[1] Powered by a Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) inline piston engine it first flew in October 1943.^[1] The Japanese Army had ordered 450 as primary trainers as replacement for the Kokusai Ki-86^[2] (a license built Bücker Bü 131 that used the same Ha-47 engine), but production was held up by air raids and only 29 had been delivered by the end of the war.^[1]

Operators

Japan

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft;^[1] Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (Teacher and student pilot)
Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
Gross weight: 829 kg (1,828 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Hatsukaze Ha-47 (Ha-11) (a license-built Hirth HM 504) 4-cylinder inline piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 197 km/h (122 mph; 106 kn)

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Orbis 1985, p. 3013.
1 2 Francillon 1979, p. 488.

Bibliography

Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970 (2nd edition 1979). ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.

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-148 Ki-167 Ki-174 Ki-200 Ki-201 Ki-202 Ki-230

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