Kawasaki Ki-119 Experimental Fighter-Bomber

Hi! Kawasaki Ki-119 fighter bomber. Enlarged design from Ki-100.
IJA ordered Kawasaki to manufacture prototype of Ki-119 in March 1945, not completed until the end of the war.
It was the first Japanese fighter bomber to attack ships by dive bombing or torpedo. After ship attack, fighting with enemy fighter and return to the base. Chief designer was Takeo Doi(土井武夫,Ki-61,YS-11 designer).
Engine:HA104,radial air cooling 18 cylinder,2,000hp(take off)
Wing span:14.0m, Length:11.85m, Height:4.5m, Wing Area:31.9m2, Empty weight:3,670kg, MTOW:5,980kg, Wing Loading:187.4kg/m2,
Max speed:580km/h(6,000m), Service Ceiling:10,500m, Range:600-1200km, Armament:20mm cannon×2, Bomb:800kg.
Source:All the Experimental Aircraft in Japanese Army, KANTOSHA, Tokyo.

A little but this is of course a very original Japanese design,very advanced indeed!
Its a pitty that this design too doesn't make it to operational status,I believe they have only build a mock up of this very promosing design.

Dear Friends!
Here I post a nice artist's impression about the Ki-119 and a model taken from a very good blog.
Hope you'll like it!
Here the link of the blog.
http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2012/11/the-kawasaki-ki-119.html

Nick Millman's Aviation of Japan website is great blog and if any here are not visiting regularly you should be, if you have any interest at all in Japanese aviation.

Hi!

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity-Rally/6275/Mokei/ki119/ki119.html

Ki-119 specification
Span : 14.000 m
Length : 11.850 m
Height : 4.500 m
Wing area : 31.90 m2
Empty weight : 3,670 kg
Gross weight : 5,980 kg
Engine Mitsubishi "Ha 104" air cooling double row radial type 18 cylinder
2,000hp (take off power)
Propeller Fixed-speed variable pitch 3 blades 3.60 m in diameter
Maximum speed : 580 km/h
6-minute and 6-second to altitude of 6,000 m
Service ceiling : 10,500 m
Range : 1,200 km
Armaments : 20 mm cannon x2
Bomb :
A 800kg bomb or 800 kg torpedoe
Crew member One person
Note : Detail design and full scale mockup examination finished before the end of the war. The aircraft incompleted.

Thanks for this, blackkite! This was a true beauty and might have given a few headaches to Americans if built...

Thanks my dear Star for your attention.
The Imperial Japanese army ordered development of a fighter-bomber to the Kawasaki airplane in March, 1945 (Showa 20).
As a mission of the fighter-bomber, a bomb is hunged under the body, attack enemy's naval fleet first, and fight with an enemy's fighter after that.
Kawasaki started development by having made the Takeo Doi engineer into the chief, and completed the full-scale mock-up in June 1945.
The shown design conditions
- Have intensity required for diving speed 800km/h and an air battle in single seat form.
- An engine is using Ha 104 under practical use.
- Make a cruising range 600km with 800kg bomb, 1200km with special equipments.
- Armaments at its minimum were two or more 20mm cannons.
- From the necessity for rapid mass production, avoid forge parts as much as possible on parts, and strive for reduction of machine parts.
- Maintenance be simple.
The planned fighter-bomber was a single-engine plane of a huge form called about 14 m in full width, about 12 m in full length, and the weight of about 6 tons, and appearance was the touch which made 5 shiki fighters large-sized.
The body was made into all the metal and this aircraft was for simplification / substitution of the 4 shiki heavy bomber by which conversion production was being carried out in Kawasaki.
As for the engine, same Ha 104 (HA 42-11) as 4 shiki heavy bomber 1 type was planned at the beginning.
When a 4 shiki heavy bomber succeeded in performance gain, it considered equipping same Ha 214 as 4 shiki heavy bomber 2 type.
In addition, this fighter-bomber was attaining shortening of the development period by diverting the design of the existing body.
Moreover, this fighter-bomber was also taking facilitation of maintenance into consideration for the improvement in an operating ratio.
The nose of an airplane was equipped with 2 20-mm cannons.
Although it took immediately for manufacture of an experimental model after mock-up examination, since the war situation had been tight, work did not progress. In the original schedule, the trial production of No. 1 was due to be completed in September, Showa 20.

More images. Enjoy!

blackkite,

That's a nicely done Raccoon Models rendering of the Ki-119.

Do you know if there's a 1/72nd version of the beast?

Hi!
http://www.unicraft.biz/bigph2/ki119-arnold.htm

Ki-119 was a large fighter bomber.

Hi,

the Ki-119 artist drawing;

The Xplanes of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy 1924-1945

Several random posts merged into existing topic.