Yokosuka R2Y

Yokosuka R2Y
Role Reconnaissance, Fighter
Manufacturer Yokosuka
First flight 8 May 1945
Status Cancelled
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy (intended)
Number built 3 (1 completed)

The Yokosuka R2Y Keiun (景雲 - "Cirrus Cloud") was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft built in Japan late in World War II.

Design and development

Commissioned for the Imperial Japanese Navy after the R1Y design was cancelled due to its disappointing performance estimates, the R2Y used coupled engines driving a single propeller and also featured a tricycle undercarriage.

Completed in April 1945, the prototype made a short flight on 8 May, but was destroyed in a US air raid only a few days later, thus ending development.

A proposal was also made to develop the R2Y into a turbojet-powered light bomber by replacing its piston engines with two Mitsubishi Ne-330s. Designated the R2Y2 Keiun Kai, it did not enter construction before the end of the war.

Specifications (R2Y1)

Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 13.05 m (42 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 4.24 m (13 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 34.0 m² (366 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 6,015 kg (13,261 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 8,100 kg (17,857 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 9,400 kg (20,723 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Aichi Ha-70 (Two 1,300 kW (1,700 hp) Aichi Atsuta engines coupled to a gearbox), 2,500 kW (3,400 hp)

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Francillon 1979, p. 475.

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.

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