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Revision as of 04:06, 7 January 2022
| Mahindra V5K | |
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| Role | Carrier-based fighter |
| National origin | Tennai |
| Manufacturer | Mahindra Heavy Industries |
| Designer | Duwaraga Tanika |
| First flight | February 1935 |
| Introduction | December 1935 |
| Retired | 1945 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | Royal Tennaiite Navy |
| Produced | 1935-1942 |
| Number built | 1,517 |
The Mahindra V5K, was a Tennaiite carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was the world's first low-wing monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the predecessor to the famous Mahindra V6K "Pujyam". It entered service shortly after the start of the Siduri War in January of 1935 and was quickly deployed to the Tennaiite carriers RK Tipparavai and RK Karutan.
Design and Development
Operational History
Variants
Operators
Specifications (Mahindra V5K4)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 11.63 m (38 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 21 m2 (230 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,901 kg (4,191 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,449 kg (5,399 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Nikita E-5 Twin row, 14-cylinder air cooled radial engine 902 PS (663 kW; 890 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed metal constant-speed propellers, 3 m (9 ft 10 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 509 km/h (316 mph; 275 kn) at 7,000 m (22,966 ft)
- Range: 1,201 km (746 mi; 648 nmi)
- Combat range: 572 km (355 mi; 309 nmi)
- Ferry range: 2,300 km (1,429 mi; 1,242 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 3 minutes 35 seconds
- Wing loading: 93.8 kg/m2 (19.2 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- Guns:
- 4 × 7.93 mm (0.312 in) Shrev 97 machine gun
- Bombs:
2 x 30 kg (66 lb) bombs or 1 x 160-litre (42.27 US gallon drop tank)