Yokosuka E1Y
| E1Y | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconaissance floatplane |
| National origin | Japan |
| Manufacturer | Yokosuka |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
The Yokosuka E1Y was a Japanese floatplane of the 1920s. A single-engined biplane that was designed and developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal as a reconnaissance aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Navy, 320 were built as the Type 14 Reconnaissance Seaplane, entering service in 1925 and remained in operational service until 1932.
Specifications (E1Y2)
Data from Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941 [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
Performance
- Endurance: 9 hr
- Climb to 3,000 m (9,840 ft): 28 min 13 sec
Armament
- Guns: 1× flexibly mounted 7.7 mm machine gun
- Bombs: 2× 110 kg (240 lb) or 4× 30 kg (66 lb) bombs
Notes
- ^ Mikesh and Abe 1990, p.275.
References
- Mikesh, Robert and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0 85177 840 2.
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