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The resulting design, designated the Kawanishi E7K1, was an equal span biplane powered by a 462 kW (620 hp) Hiro Type 91 W-12 liquid-cooled inline engine. [1] The first aircraft flew on 6 February 1933 and was handed over to the navy for trials three months later.
The company was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyōgo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Kawanishi built its first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1 Mail-carrying Aircraft in 1921, and set up an airline, Nippon Koku K.K. (Japan Aviation Co. Ltd) in 1923 ...
Kawanishi E7K Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane: Alf 1933 533 IJN: Kawanishi E15K Shiun Navy Type 2 High-speed Reconnaissance Seaplane: Norm 1941 15 IJN: Kawanishi H6K Type 97 Large Flying Boat: Mavis 1936 215 IJN: Kawanishi H8K Type 2 Large Flying Boat: Emily 1941 167 IJN: Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter (used for reconnaissance during ...
The Kawanishi H8K [a] is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was " Emily ". The Kawanishi H8K was a large, four- engine aircraft designed for long range and extended endurance on patrols or bombing missions typically flown alone over ...
Kawanishi's design, with the company designation Kawanishi Type T was a single-engined tractor configuration biplane of all-metal construction. Its single-bay wings, which folded backwards for storage on ship, were based on those of the Kawanishi E7K reconnaissance floatplane, while the Nakajima Kotobuki radial engine was mounted forward of the ...
In 1937, the Imperial Japanese Navy requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and Aichi Kokuki to design a replacement for the Navy's E7K seaplanes. [2] Kawanishi's design, given the short designation E13K and long designation Kawanishi Navy 12-Shi Three-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane, was an all-metal, single-float seaplane armed with one Type 92 machine gun and either one bomb under the ...
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As designed, Chiyoda carried a complement of Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "Alf" and Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave" floatplanes. Her armament consisted of four 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns and twelve Type 96 25 mm AA guns. Propulsion was of four boilers, which operated two geared steam turbines providing 56,800 horsepower (42,400 kW) and two propellers.