Te-Gō
Kobe Steel · Japan · first flew 1942 · reconnaissance aircraft
The Kobeseiko Te-Go was a Japanese two-seat STOL experimental reconnaissance and liaison aircraft built by Kobe Steel in 1942. One was built.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Steel-tube fuselage, fabric covered behind the cockpit, with a metal-covered nose |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Fieseler Storch-like high-wing STOL aircraft with a long-legged fixed undercarriage
- Automatic slots along the leading edges and large Fowler flaps on the trailing edges
- Steel-tube fuselage, fabric covered behind the cockpit, with a metal-covered nose
A Storch-style high-wing monoplane with leading-edge slots and large flaps, planned with a flexible 7.7 mm gun at the rear seat.
Specifications
- The Te-Gō has a length of 9.8 m (32 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 14.3 m (47 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 172 km/h (107 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
Professor Tetsuo Miki of Osaka Imperial University designed it, inspired by the Fieseler Storch but not a copy, and Kobe Seikojo built it for an Army STOL liaison and observation requirement. It had a 250 hp Argus As 10C engine.
Variants
Only the one prototype was built.
Where you'll see it
The prototype crashed, damaging the wing and landing gear, and the Kayaba Ka-go autogyro was chosen instead.
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