Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 28-May-2020

Professors I. Tani and T. Ogawa from the Aeronautical Institute of the Imperial University of Tokyo designed a flying bomb based on the German V-1s with slight variations according to the means available in Japan at the end of WWII. The engine was a 360 Kgf thrust Maru-Ka-10 pulse jet.

Maru- Ka-10 pulsejet
“Installation similar to the V-1”

Maru-Ka-10 pulse jet
“Maru-Ka-10 pulse jet”

-Regarding the German Argus engines it differed substantially in the design of the combustion chamber.

Engines of MARU-Ka

Model: Maru-Ka 10

Arquitecture: Pulse jet
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust: 360 Kgf
Weight:

Other details:
Ka-10 pulsejet

"Ka-10 pulsejet"