1st Flight 1937
The Mitsubishi Ki-30 was a Japanese light bomber of World War II.
It was a single-engine, mid-wing, cantilever monoplane of stressed-skin construction with a fixed tail wheel undercarriage and a long transparent cockpit canopy.
The type had significance in being the first Japanese aircraft to be powered by a modern two-row radial engine.
Specifications
Crew: 2
Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 14.55 m (47 ft 9 in)
Height: 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 30.58 m2 (329.2 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,230 kg (4,916 lb)
Gross weight: 3,320 kg (7,319 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Nakajima Ha5-Kai 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 708 kW (949 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 423 km/h (263 mph, 228 kn)
Cruise speed: 380 km/h (240 mph, 210 kn)
Never exceed speed: 442 km/h (275 mph, 239 kn)
Range: 1,700 km (1,100 mi, 920 nmi)
Service ceiling: 8,570 m (28,120 ft)
Rate of climb: 8.33 m/s (1,640 ft/min)
Wing loading: 108.6 kg/m2 (22.2 lb/sq ft)
Armament
Guns: 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 89 machine guns, one wing-mounted and another in the rear cockpit.
Bombs: 400 kg (882 lb) bomb load.
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