Kawasaki Ki-60 - Specifications (Ki-60)

Specifications (Ki-60)

Data from Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Three: Fighters;WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: Japanese Army Fighters, Part 1;Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 8.40 m (27 ft 9.5 in)
• Wingspan: 9.78 m (34 ft 5.5 in)
• Height: 2.75 m (9 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 16.20 m² (15.9 m² first prototype) (174.376 ft² (171.15 ft²))
• Empty weight: 2,150 kg (4,740 lb)
• Loaded weight: 2,750 kg (2,890 kg first prototype) (6,063 lb (6,371 lb))
• Powerplant: 1 × Daimler-Benz DB 601 liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 875 kW (1,175 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 560 km/h (348 mph) at 4,500 metres (14,800 ft)
• Service ceiling: 10,000 m (32,810 ft)
• Wing loading: 169.8 kg/m² (34.8 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 3.14 kg/kW (2.34 kg/hp; 5.16 lb/hp)
  

• Time to altitude: 8.0 min to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) 2nd prototype; 3rd prototype 6.0 min to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft)

Armament

• 2x 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon or 2x 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Ho-103 machine gun in the wings
• 2x synchronized 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Ho-103 machine gun in the fuselage