this aircraft was built due to the deployment of the B-29 Superfortess' and thier attacks on mainland Japan, it used earler research of super charging a radial engine, though this reseach culminated into the Tachikawa Ki-94-1, the Ki-87 was developed as a fall back project, 3 protoypes were going to built but problems with the electrically powered under carriage and the turbo-supercharger delayed it, though evetually 5 test flights were made all with the under carriage extended, the war ended before the Ki-87 could be put into production with only one protoype completed
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 67.6ft (20.6m)
- Length 56.8ft (17.3m)
- Height 16.8ft (5.1m)
- Empty Weight 10,906lbs (4,947kg)
- Loaded Weight 15,849lbs (7,189kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.708
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.126
- Wing Loading 26.8lbs/ft2 (130.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 591.9ft2 (55.0m2)
- Drag Points 6874
Parts
- Number of Parts 149
- Control Surfaces 12
- Performance Cost 580
