Updated: 26-Oct-2020
The Fuji Hikoki "Baka" suicide plane was also known as "Ohka".
-The manufacturers were several, like Yokosuka.
“Ohka flying bomb”
-In the picture above we see that the explosive charge at the front is similar to a torpedo.
"The three gunpowder rockets"
-The three rocket engines were the most common form of propulsion for these aircraft.
"Seen from behind"
-Here we have, as an extension of the photographs of the Fuji chapter, the solid fuel rocket engines Model 4, Type I-20, of 265 Kgs of thrust each.
“Nakajima Ne-20”
-Other aircraft carried the Hitachi TS-11 and some others the Nakajima Ne-20 turbine that powered the Ohka Model 43.
From Appendix 10: The suicide flying bomb used by the Japanese at the end of WWII was known as "Ohka" and "Baka", built by Fuji Hikoki, Yokosuka, etc.
-It was a glider that was launched from a twin-engine plane close to the target and the three rocket motors it used were for the final push towards the target.
"Type I-20, model 4 engines"
-The thrust of these engines was 250 Kgf each. See main text.
Engines of OHKA
Model: Triple solid rocket
Arquitecture:
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