Title: Name: | Hitači No-230 | Hitachi Ne-230 |
Original title: Original Name: | 日立 ネ-230 | |
Category: Category: | jet engine | turbojet |
Manufacturer: Producer: | 株式会社日立製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Hitachi Seisakusho, Tokyo | |
Period of production: Production Period: | DD.08.1944-DD.08.1945 | |
Made pieces: Number of Produced: | 1 (?) | |
a Prototype made: Prototype Built: | DD.MM.1945 | |
Use: Use: | Yokosuka R2Y2-G Keiun-Kai Nakajima Ki-201 Karyū | |
Technical data: Technical Data: | ||
Weight: Weight: | 810 kg | 1786 lb |
Overall length: Overall Length: | 3429 mm | 11ft 3in |
Total width / Diameter: Overall Width / Diameter: | 762 mm | 2 ft 6 inches |
Fuel: Fuel: | of diesel oil or kerosene or gasoline or their mixture | diesel fuels or kerosene or gasoline or a mixture thereof |
Compressor: Compessor: | Axial 7 degrees | 7-stage Axial compressor |
Combustion chamber : Combustors: | Ring | the Annular combustion chamber |
Turbine: Turbine: | single-stage axial | Single-stage axial turbine |
Performance: Performance: | ||
Maximum thrust: Maximum thurst: | 885 kp, 8,679 cn at 9 000 rev/min | 1,950 lbf at 9,000 rpm |
Note: Note: | Japanese engineers according to incomplete drawings and a few photos of the German engine BMW 003 they designed their own engine. Fa Hitači completed probably only one prototype, which was successfully tested in the maritime center in Takahagi. | The Ne-230 was an indigenous design, but the German BMW 003 turbojet engine was a major influence. It was completed probably only one prototype, which was successfully tested at the naval base in Takahagi. |
Source: Sources: | Famous Aircraft of the World, first series, No.76, Japanese Army Experimental Fighters, Japan Bunrin-Do Co. Ltd., August 1976 airandspace.si.edu http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://www.airpages.ru/eng/jp/ki2.shtml author archive |