Kaishiki No.1

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Kaishiki No.1
Replica at Tokorozawa Aviation MuseumInfobox aircraft type
General information
Other name(s)	Kaishiki 1, Kaishiki Biplane 1
Type	Experimental biplane
National origin	Japan
Designer	Yoshitoshi Tokugawa
Number built	1
History
First flight	October 13, 1911
Developed from	Farman III
Developed into	Kaishiki No.2-6

The 会式一号機 (Kaishiki No.1, kaishikiichigouki) was the first successful^[a] Japanese-designed and constructed airplane. It was designed by Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa and was first flown by him on October 13, 1911, at Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture.^[2]

There is a replica displayed in the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum, located near the place where the aircraft's first flight took place.^[3]

Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)
• Upper wingspan: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Lower wingspan: 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 41.0 m² (441 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
• Gross weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Omega 7-cylinder rotary engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Chauvière

Performance

• Maximum speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
• Endurance: 3 hr

• Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.

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