In 1942, the engine was later upgraded to a Nakajima Ha-115 2-stage supercharged engine for the new Nakajima Ki-43-II model. One was the 7.7 mm machine gun, and the other was a 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine gun both of them devastating in their own right.
The Hayabusa was also fitted with two cowling machine guns that worked in synchrony. This remarkable single-engine could crank enough horsepower to propel the Nakajima Ki-43 to speeds of up to 495 km/h, making the land-based light aircraft even more deadly. The Hayabusa was designed to be subtle, which explains why it had a much lighter build.Īpart from being good at performing butterfly maneuvers, the Hayabusa also came retrofitted with the brand-new Nakajima Ha-25 engine complete with a two-blade propeller. The single-engine was fight sanctioned in October of 1941, roughly two years after the first flight in January of 1939 was successful. The Nakajima Ki-43, or the Hayabusa, was a tactical Japanese fighter plane designed by Hideo Itokawa. Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Editorial Team Nakajima Ki-43 Takeoff with 250Kg Bomb Below are eight of the most famous Japanese fighter planes of WW2 that dominated the World War II Era: 1. Between 19, the Japanese military selected the best high-tech companies such as Mitsubishi and Nakajima Aircraft Company, tasking them with the development of the best fighter aircraft prototypes of that time.Īs a result, well over 48 different fighter plane models were developed in just under a decade, some of which were abandoned as prototypes. They not only had the expertise but also had the human resources to design, develop, and use their new-age weaponry.ĭespite having some of the best machine guns, bombs, and tanks of that era, one particular entity stood out from the rest – the Japanese fighter aircraft. Japan was among the countries regarded as the best of the best when it came to technological advancement, together with Germany. It was a time when a single, seemingly insignificant invention was enough to change the tide of the war as every country in the fight was evenly matched.
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