Kawanishi H6K - version overview
j 式 飛行 艇 - Kjúnana shiki hikótei/Flying boat type 97 or
K 式 大型 飛行 艇 - Kjunana shiki daikei hikótei/Large flying boat type 97
Japanese name:?
Reporting code name: Mavis (Tillie)
Designation | Aircraft design - description |
Kawanishi H6K1 - 9-Shi [col ] 4 prototypes, engines Nakajima Hikari 2, | |
Kawanishi H6K1 Model 1 | original three prototypes, installation of fourteen-cylinder Mitsubishi Kinsei 43 |
Kawanishi H6K2 11 Mavis | 11 aircraft, Mitsubishi Kinsei 43 engines, three-bladed metal propellers |
Kawanishi H6K3 Mavis | 2 letouny (some sources 4 aircraft), Mitsubishi Kinsei 43 engines, modified H6K2 for transport of 10 - 18 VIP passengers |
Kawanishi H6K4 22 Mavis | 64 aircraft, the first truly mass - produced machines, engines Mitsubishi Kinsei 43. |
Kawanishi H6K4 23 Mavis | 63 aircraft, slightly more powerful engines Mitsubishi Kinsei 46, |
Kawanishi H6K5 23 Mavis | 36 aircraft, powerful engines Mitsubishi Kinsei 51 or Kinsei 53 |
Kawanishi H6K2-L Tillie | 14 transport aircraft, based on the H6K2 version |
Kawanishi H6K4-L Tillie | 20 transport aircraft, based on the H6K4 version |
Made a total of 215 (including 4 prototypes) aircraft of this type.
The production of prototypes took place in the factory anish 航空 機 株式会社 - Kawanishi Kōkūki Kabushiki Kaisha in Nauru [img_6 comment = Japan (JPN)] http: //vcdns.valka.cz/images/flags/jp.gif[/img_6].