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Itoh Emi 12

Страна: Япония

Год: 1919

Single-engine biplane

Itoh - Tsurubane No.1 - 1918 - Япония<– –>Itoh - Tsurubane No.2 - 1919 - Япония


R.Mikesh, A.Shorzoe Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941 (Putnam)


Itoh Emi 12 Trainer

   To overcome its shortage of two-seat trainers, the Itoh flying school received a surplus Type Mo-4 (Kishi No.3 Tsurugi-go) pusher aeroplane from Kishi Airfield. From this, Itoh built a tractor training biplane, using the wings and undercarriage from the Kishi aircraft mated to another fuselage, with appropriate modifications. Itoh used an 80hp Shimazu-Le Rhone rotary engine which had received first prize for a Japanese-made engine in 1916. (see Ozaki Tractor Biplane).
   While Motoharu Itoh, a nephew of Otojiro Itoh, was practising ground taxi-ing, he suddenly gave the aeroplane full power and took off, only to stall immediately and crash, badly damaging the aeroplane although the young Itoh escaped serious injury. This was an aeroplane with a very low wing-loading, and pupils disliked it because it was difficult to control.

   Single-engine biplane. Wooden structure with fabric covering. Two seats in open cockpit.
   80hp Shimazu-Le Rhone nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine, driving a two-bladed wooden propeller.
   Span 15.50m (50ft 10 1/4in); length 11 m (36ft 1in).
   Empty weight 570kg (1,256Ib).
   Maximum speed 33kt (38mph).
   One built in 1919.

R.Mikesh, A.Shorzoe - Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941 /Putnam/
Itoh Emi 12 Trainer