The K5Y was, numerically, the most important intermediate trainer used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. It entered production in 1934 and continued until 1945, with nearly 5,800 K5Y of all types being built. It was a rather conventional two-seat biplane, but was not designed for carrier operations.
The K5Y1 has a crew of two (pilot, observer/gunner) and uses 11.4 gallons of aviation fuel per hour at routine usage. Fuel and ammo costs $19.
Navy Type 93 Intermediate Trainer (K5Y1)
Subassemblies: Light Fighter chassis +3, Recon Fighter
Wings with Biplane option+2, three fixed wheels +0.
Powertrain: 254-kW aerial HP gasoline engine w/254-kW
old prop and 60-gallon fuel tank [Body].
Occupancy: 2 XCS Cargo: 4.5.
Armor
Body: 1/2C
Wings: 1/2C
Weaponry
Aircraft LMG/Type 97 [Body:F] (500)
Aircraft LMG/Type 92 [Body:R] (582)
Equipment
Body: Small radio receiver and transmitter, navigation instruments,
autopilot. Wings: 110-lb hardpoint under each.
Statistics
| Size: 26'x36'x11' | Payload: 0.53 tons | Lwt: 1.63 tons |
| Volume: 144 | Maint.: 81 hours | Price: $6,100 |
HT: 8
HP: 50 [body], 100 [each wing], 5 [each wheel]
| aSpeed: 132 | aAccel: 4 | aDecel: 44 | aMR: 11 | aSR: 1 | Stall: 46 |
Design Notes
Design speed was 149 mph and 1,000 rounds of ammo were purchased. The
historical values have been used, as well as the actual wing area (298
square feet). The wing’s HPs (and cost and weight) were doubled to provide
a more realistic aMR and increase weight.
Variants
There were two floatplane versions, the K5Y2 with the engine above
and the rarer K5Y3 with a 384-kW engine. The K5Y2 flew at 119 mph.