Nakajima Kikka
Description
Role	Attack aircraft
Crew	one, pilot
Dimensions
Length	8.13 m	26 ft 8 in
Wingspan	10.00 m	32 ft 10 in
Height	2.95 m	9' 9"
Wing area	13.2 m²	142ft²
Weights
Empty	2,300 kg	5,071 lb
Loaded	3,507 kg	7,716 lb
Maximum take-off	4,088 kg	8,995 lb
Powerplant
Engines	2x Ne-20 turbojets
Total thrust	9.4 kN	2,094 lbf
Performance (estimated)
Maximum speed	695 km/h	433 mph
Range	937 km	586 miles
Service ceiling	12,303 m	39,370 ft
Rate of climb	387 m/min	1,237 ft/min
Armament
Bombs	none production version was to carry 1x 250kg, 500kg, or 1,000kg

The Nakajima Kikka (Japanese: 中島 橘花, "Kikka" meaning "Orange Blossom") was Japan's first jet-powered aircraft. It was developed late in World War II, but the first prototype had only flown once before the end of the conflict. Nakajima Kikka File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Categories: Stub | Japanese aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engine manufacturers ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

After the Japanese military attaché in Germany witnessed trials of the Messerschmitt Me 262 in 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a request to Nakajima to develop a similar aircraft to be used as a fast attack bomber. Amongst the specifications for the design were the requirements that it should be able to be built largely by unskilled labour, and that the wings should be foldable. This latter feature was to enable the aircraft to be hidden in caves and tunnels around Japan as the Navy began to prepare for the defence of the home islands. Nakajima designers Kazuo Ohno and Kenichi Matsumura laid out an aircraft that bore a strong but superficial resemblance to the Me 262. The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was the first operational jet powered aircraft. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Kazuo Ohno (or Ohno Kazuo) (born 1906 is a Japanese dancer associated with Butoh. ...

The Kikka was originally intended to use the Tsu-11, a very crude jet engine that was little more than a ducted fan with an afterburner. Tests of this powerplant soon revealed that it would produce nowhere near the power required to propel the aircraft, and the project was temporarily stalled. It was then decided to produce a turbojet for the Kikka, despite the fact that Japanese engineers at the time had no prior experience with this type of engine. Development was troublesome and it was only with access to photographs and a cut-away drawing of the German BMW 003 that a suitable unit, the Ishikawajima Ne-20, was finally built. By Summer 1945, the Kikka project was making progress once again and at this stage, reflecting the deteriorating war situation, the Navy changed the role of the aircraft to "special attacker", the term reserved for kamikaze weapons. The Tsu-11 was a primitive, thermojet-style jet engine produced in small numbers in Japan in the closing stages of World War II. It was principally designed to propel the Japanese Ohka flying bomb, a kamikaze weapon. ... A ducted fan is an arrangement of a propeller-driven aircraft where the propeller is mounted inside the fuselage, within a duct. ... For other uses of afterburner, see Afterburner (disambiguation). ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... The BMW 003 was an early turbojet engine produced in Germany during World War II. Work on its design began earlier than the contemporary Junkers Jumo 004 engine, but prolonged developmental problems meant that the BMW 003 entered production much later, and the aircraft projects that had been designed with... The Ishikawajima Ne-20 (Japanese: 石川島 ネ-20) was Japans first turbojet engine. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A kamikaze, a Mitsubishi Zero in this case, about to hit the USS Missouri. ...

The first prototype commenced ground tests at the Nakajima factory on June 30, 1945. The following month, it was dismantled and delivered to Kisarazu Naval Airfield where it was re-assembled and prepared for flight testing. The first flight took place on August 7, 1945, with Lt Cdr Susumu Takaoka at the controls. The aircraft performed well during a 20 minute test flight, with the only concern being the length of the take-off run. For the second test-flight, four days later, RATO units were fitted to the aircraft, but because their alignment had been miscalculated, the aircraft could not take off at all, and was damaged when it ran off the end of the runway. Before it could be repaired, Japan had surrendered and the war was over. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, as the last day in June. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... JATO is an acronym for Jet Assisted Take Off. ...

At this point, the second prototype was close to completion, and between eighteen and twenty-five more airframes were under construction. One of these was a two-seat trainer. Other follow-on versions proposed had included a reconnaissance aircraft, and a fighter armed with two 30mm cannon. These were expected to be powered by more advanced developments of the Ne-20, designated Ne-130 and Ne-330. Trainer may refer to: An aircraft used for training pilots A padded sports shoe (trainer is used commonly in British English where sneaker would be used in American English). ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ...

Some Versions

Nakajima Aircraft Company developed other variants of these aircraft: Categories: Stub | Japanese aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engine manufacturers ...

• Nakajima "Kikka" Turbojet Intercepter/Attacker regular version

• -if the regular version,equal to Nakajima Ki-201 "Karyuu" Army Interceper/Attacker jet figther

• Nakajima "Kikka" Turbojet Intercepter Modify(three difrent plans)

• -Three developed projects for Nakajima "Kikka" were planned in May 1945.

• 1° Project:Present Plan:

• -Length : 9.25m
• -Wing Span: 10.00m
• -Hight : 3.05m
• -Wing Area : 13.21 Square Meter
• -All-Up Weight : 4,152Kg
• -Empty Weight : 3,920Kg
• -Engine : Ishikawajima Ne20-Kai Turbojet (618Kg) X 2
• -Max Speed : 700Km/h (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Max Range : 609Km (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Service Ceiling : 12,100m
• -Crew : 1
• -Armament : 30mm Type 5 Machine Gun X 1
• -RATO : Type4 1-Go Model20 Rocket (800Kg) X 2

• 2° Project:Reconstruction Flaps Plan
• -Same data as Present Previous Plan.

• 3° Project:Reconstruction Flaps & Extended Wing Plan

• -Length : 9.25m
• -Wing Span: 10.00m
• -Hight : 3.05m
• -Wing Area : 14.52 Square Meter
• -Engine : Ishikawajima Ne20-Kai Turbojet (618Kg) X 2
• -Max Speed : 685Km/h (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Max Range : 594Km (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Service Ceiling : 12,300m
• -Crew : 1
• -Armament : 30mm Type 5 Machine Gun X 1
• -RATO : Type4 1-Go Model20 Rocket (800Kg) X 2

• Nakajima "Kikka" Prototype Turbojet Special Attacker(Type 20 Special Attacker "Kikka")

• -Length : 9.25m
• -Wing Span: 10.00m
• -Hight : 3.05m
• -Wing Area : 13.21 Square Meter
• -All-Up Weight : 3,550Kg
• -Empty Weight : 2,300Kg
• -Engine : Ishikawajima Ne20 Turbojet (475Kg) X 2
• -Max Speed : 677Km/h (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Max Range : 584Km (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Service Ceiling : 10,700m
• -Crew : 1
• -Bomb : 500Kg or 250Kg X 1(For Special Attacks)
• -RATO : Type4 1-Go Model20 Rocket (800Kg) X 2

• Nakajima "Kikka-kai" Prototype Turbojet Special Attacker

High speed modify project. Launch from 200m catapult was planned, too The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu (Japanese: 中島 キ-201 火龍, Karyu meaning Fire Dragon, sometimes transliterated Karyuu) was Japanese jet fighter project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was never completed. ...

• -Length : 9.25m
• -Wing Span: 10.00m
• -Hight : 3.05m
• -Wing Area : 13.21 Square Meter
• -All-Up Weight : 4,080Kg
• -Engine : Ishikawajima Ne20 Turbojet (475Kg) X 2
• -Max Speed : 687Km/h (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Max Range : 584Km (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Service Ceiling : 10,700m
• -Crew : 1
• -Bomb : 500Kg or 250Kg X 1(For Special Attacks)
• -RATO : Type4 1-Go Model20 Rocket (800Kg) X 2

• Nakajima "Kikka" Turbojet Operative Trainer.is the trainer tandem version of "Kikka" Intercepter/Special Attacker Jet plane

• -Length : 9.25m
• -Wing Span: 10.00m
• -Hight : 3.05m
• -Wing Area : 13.21 Square Meter
• -All-Up Weight : 4,009Kg
• -Engine : Ishikawajima Ne20-kai Turbojet (618Kg) X 2
• -Max Speed : 722Km/h (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Max Range : 667Km (Altitude : 6,000m)
• -Crew : 2
• -RATO : Type4 1-Go Model20 Rocket (800Kg) X 2

After the war, a Kikka was taken to the United States, where it is now housed in the National Air and Space Museum. This aircraft is very incomplete and is believed to have been patched together from a variety of semi-completed airframes. Interior of museum, with Gemini capsule, Soviet rockets, and Wright Flyer visible The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the United States Smithsonian Institution maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. ...

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See also

Nakajima Ki-201, List of World War II jet aircraft
The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyu (Japanese: 中島 キ-201 火龍, Karyu meaning Fire Dragon, sometimes transliterated Karyuu) was Japanese jet fighter project designed during the final stages of World War II but which was never completed. ... List of World War II jet aircraft Any aircraft added to this list should have a corresponding Category:World War II country jet aircraft link put into the article to keep the Category database up to date. ...