Okamura N-52
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin Japan
Manufacturer Okamura Mfg. Co.
Designer Hidemasa Kimura, Nihon University College of Science and Engineering
First flight April 7, 1953
Introduction 1952

The Okamura N-52 is a low-wing, side-by-side seating sport aircraft, that was designed in Japan by students.[1]

Development

The N-52 Started as a design experiment at Nihon University. Three test airframes were funded by Asahi Press for analysis.[2]

Design

The N-52 is powered by a Continental A-65 engine. The aircraft features a single open cockpit with side-by-side seating and a taildragger landing gear. The aircraft was designed to accommodate up to 100 hp (75 kW) engines. Controllability with a 65 hp (48 kW) engine was considered sluggish.[3]

Specifications (Okamura N-52)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 5.99 m (19 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.61 m (28 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 12.0 m2 (129 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 299 kg (660 lb)
  • Gross weight: 499 kg (1,100 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-65 air-cooled four-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 48 kW (65 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 96 kn)
  • Stall speed: 79 km/h (49 mph, 43 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 2.8 m/s (550 ft/min)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ Jane's all the world's aircraft. 1966.
  2. ↑ Sport Aviation. March 1958. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ William Green, Gerald John Pollinger. The aircraft of the world.
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