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Logan Hartke
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Nakajima Ki-49 Helen Ideas and Inspiration
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June 15, 2014, 01:40:21 AM »
So, I came across this neat series of photos in this article:
Vintage Wings of Canada: Green Cross to Bear
Look at that last image, especially. Those are Hamilton-Standard props on both engines. It's clearly American, right down to the late war hub, Hamilton-Standard stickers, and yellow prop tips. I would love to know the story there. I know many Japanese aircraft were unserviceable at the end of the war, did the Allies give the prop to the Japanese to get the plan flyable? Did the Japanese scavenge it from an Allied aircraft earlier? It's really unusual.
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Re: Nakajima Ki-49 Helen Ideas and Inspiration
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June 15, 2014, 02:25:10 AM »
That is interesting! I had never seen these. I had heard of the green crosses before, but thought it was only on Bettys and the props are very one of a kind. Don't have answers but thank you for posting these :)
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June 15, 2014, 04:19:59 AM »
The Ki-49 was reportedly underpowered, so why not try a three engined version:
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June 19, 2017, 07:41:16 AM »
Dear
Boys
and
Girls
, would any have seen photographs of the
Nakajima Ki-49
s operated post-war by the
Armée de l'Air
in Indo-China please?
Terry (
Caravellarella
)
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June 19, 2017, 07:27:03 PM »
Possibly an answer was found in the 3 years that passed since, but I believe the propeller was a full case of "reverse-engineering"...
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June 20, 2017, 03:59:20 AM »
Sumitomo (Navy) and Nippon Gakki (Army) had licenses from Hamilton Standard to manufacture propellers.
Nippon Gakki became Yamaha.
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/about/technology/yamamomo/001/#sec1
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