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Ki-74 Kai

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Tachikawa Ki-74 Kai


Background

The Tachikawa Ki-74 was a Japanese high altitude bomber/reconnaissance aircraft. It served during the later years of WWII. The Kai variant was a slightly larger prototype that was designed to carry the experimental heat-seeking anti-ship guided bomb the Ke-Go-109. It featured a wider wingspan and a larger pressurized cabin. The Ki-74 had excellent high altitude performance thanks to the turbo-superchargers that were installed on the engines. While the Kai variant of the Ki-74 never entered service, it definitely would have proven to be an effective design.


Features


Realistic Performance and dimensions (top speed of 330mph or 534kph).


Realistic armament of 2 Hp-5 20mm cannons in the tail and 1 Ke-Go 109 guided anti-ship bomb.


Custom landing gear and control surfaces including fowler flaps


Controls

AG1: Open the bomb bay
AG2: Dumb fire the Ke-Go 109
AG3: Cruise mode and enable tail gun
VTOL: Down for flaps
Everything else is standard


I hope you enjoy my build!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 106.3ft (32.4m)
  • Length 73.9ft (22.5m)
  • Height 25.8ft (7.9m)
  • Empty Weight 29,868lbs (13,548kg)
  • Loaded Weight 40,862lbs (18,535kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.086
  • Wing Loading 50.8lbs/ft2 (247.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 804.8ft2 (74.8m2)
  • Drag Points 3628

Parts

  • Number of Parts 426
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,696