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Kawanishi K-1 Mail-carrying Aircraft
Kawanishi's first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1, was designed as a Mail plane, mail carrier. It was the first Japanese aircraft to receive a Certificate of Airworthiness from the Aviation Bureau. It won a prize in a national contest but was not a commercial success and only one was built. Design and development Design work on the K-1 began in February 1921 and construction was completed in December 1920. It had an American engine and was influenced by current American engineering practices. With an all-wood structure and aircraft fabric covering, fabric covering it was a two biplane#Bay, bay biplane with rectangular plan wings, each bay separated by parallel pairs of interplane struts. The upper wing was joined to the fuselage by a cabane strut, cabane formed by parallel pairs of short struts on each side. The lower wing passed just below the fuselage. The K-1 was powered by a Hall-Scott L-6 water-cooled six cylinder straight engine, inline mounted in a bullet-shaped nose. Behin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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