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Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« on: December 13, 2021, 01:16:40 PM »







There wasn't much information I could find on the internet so I scraped every piece of important information for this
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Crew: 24
Length: 531 ft 5 in (162 m)
Wingspan: 590 ft 6 in (180 m)
Height: 116 ft 5 in (35.50 m)
Wing area: 12378.5 sq ft (1150 m2)
Empty weight: 402.58 tons (402580 kg)
Gross weight: 460 tons (460,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 920,000 lb (417,305 kg)
Powerplant: 12x Ne201 Turboprop engines (1870hp per 1 engine, 22440hp for all 12)
4x Ne330 Jet Engines (7900hp per 1 engine, 31600hp for all 4)
Propellers: 4-bladed clockwise rotating metal props (for 12x turboprops)
Payload: 900 soldiers with normal equipment

If this is possible, I would love to see it in the game! 

Cheers,
Eddyp  ]cheers[
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2021, 02:39:25 PM »

OH! What A Huge Aircraft!   :o
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2021, 06:32:20 PM »



I'm not even sure if it's possible, but I'd love to see it too.
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2021, 08:36:43 PM »

Twice as long as a 747 (or as long as an Arleigh Burke class DDG) with untested powerplants producing less than half the thrust of a 747-200 on take-off. Produced while the factories are under constant air attack, contested air superiority and lacking quality aviation fuel.

Someone at Kawanishi was drinking/smoking something they probably shouldn't have  :D
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2021, 01:18:50 AM »

I think you'd need half the pacific ocean to take this beast off.. there was me thinking the Bv-238 was the largest flying boat of WWII.

An interesting request, still there's no way the nip's could have built this due to their small arms factories and lack of material. Still a brilliant What-if though ;D
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2021, 07:35:26 PM »

Nice! I could even see a what-if AWACS version since she has the space for it and considering the wide expanse of the Pacific
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Re: Kawanishi KX-03 Flying Boat
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2021, 07:39:31 PM »

some pics








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