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Kawanishi E7K reconnaissance seaplane

  

 

E7K2

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
E7K1 recon 5/1934 - 1938 185 1945 3 seats, Hiro 91-shiki engine (620 hp), 3 MG, 120 kg of bombs
E7K2 11/1938 - early 1941 345 1945 Mitsubishi MK2 Zuisei 11 engine (870 hp)

 

Modification E7K2

Wing span, m

14.00

Length, m

10.50

Height, m

4.85

Wings area, m2

43.60

Empty mass, kg

2100

Full flying-off mass, kg

3300
Engine 1 Mitsubishi MK2 Zuisei 11
Power, h. p. 870
Maximal speed, km/h 275
Cruise speed, km/h 185
Flying range, km 1845
Vertical speed, m/s 3.7
Maximal altitude, m 7060
Complement 3
Armament 3 x 7.7-mm 92-shiki MG, 120 kg of bombs (2 x 60-kg)

Some planes were used by kamikaze at end of war.

E7K2

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008