Kawasaki Ki-56

infobox Aircraft
name = Ki-56
type = Light transport
manufacturer = Kawasaki


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introduction = 1940
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produced = 1940-1943
number built = 121
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variants with their own articles =The Kawasaki Ki-56 was a Japanese two-engine light transport aircraft used during World War II. It was known to the Allies as "Thalia." 121 were from between 1940 to when production ceased in 1943.

It was derived from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra aircraft that the "Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha" (The Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company Limited) had built under licence. A number was also built by the Tachikawa company.

pecifications (Ki-56)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
ref=Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft [Jackson, Robert, "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", Parragon, 2002. ISBN 0-75258-130-9]
crew= Four (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, & radio operator)
capacity= 2,400 kg (5,280 lb), 14 passengers
length main= 14.90 m
length alt= 48 ft 10 in
span main= 19.96 m
span alt= 65 ft 6 in
height main= 3.6 m
height alt= 11 ft 9 in
area main= 51.2 m²
area alt= 551 ft²
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empty weight main= 4,672 kg
empty weight alt= 10,300 lb
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max takeoff weight main= 8,024 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 17,692 lb
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engine (prop)= Nakajima Ha-25
type of prop= 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engines
number of props= 2
power main= 739 kW
power alt= 990 hp
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max speed main= 400 km/h
max speed alt= 215 knots, 248 mph
max speed more= at 3500 m (11,480 ft)
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range main= 3,300 km
range alt= 1,782 nm, 2,060 miles
ceiling main= 8,000 m
ceiling alt= 26,250 ft
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ee also

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*Lockheed Hudson
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* List of military aircraft of Japan
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References

External links

* [http://avia.russian.ee/air/japan/kawasaki_ki-56.php Virtual Aircraft Museum]
* [http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Kawasaki%20Ki%2056%20Thalia.htm Pilot Friend]