Fukunaga Tenryu 10
Fukunaga · Japan · first flew 1922 · airliner
The Fukunaga Tenryu 10 was the largest Japanese civil passenger aircraft when it first flew in 1922. Its passenger cabin seated four.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 9.4 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
WEFT is AircraftIQ's four-point recognition method — how it works.
Spot it by:
- Equal-span, two-bay, unstaggered biplane with upright parallel interplane struts
- Large upright water-cooled inline engine and radiator in the nose behind a two-bladed propeller
- Very broad, flat-topped fin with a rectangular horn-balanced rudder
Look for a wooden biplane with an unusually large upright Fiat A.12 engine in the nose, a windowed four-passenger cabin between the wings and a side-by-side open cockpit well behind the trailing edges.
Specifications
- The Fukunaga Tenryu 10 has a length of 9.4 m (31 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 12.95 m (42 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 180 km/h (112 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
Figures are for the representative variant described above; marks differ. See how AircraftIQ sources figures.
History
Fukunaga began the design as an entrant for a prize flight to Shanghai planned for spring 1921, but that was cancelled before it was complete. It was completed in October 1922 and first flew on 26 October.
Variants
The tankage was modified for the 1923 duration contest, replacing the 200 litre upper wing tanks with a 500 litre cabin tank.
Where you'll see it
It dropped out of an Osaka-Tokyo airmail competition with engine problems, then took fourth place in the duration category of the Fourth Prize-winning Flight Competition in June 1923. The Tenryu 10 was the last Fukunaga aircraft.
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