Mahindra V5K

Mahindra V5K
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".

Specifications (Mahindra V5K4)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.565 m (24 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
• Height: 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 17.8 m² (192 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,325 kg (2,921 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,775 kg (3,913 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: 455 km/h (283 mph; 246 kn) at 7,000 m (22,966 ft)
• Range: 1,201 km (746 mi; 648 nmi)
• Combat range: 1,144 km (711 mi; 618 nmi) 575
• 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:
  

• 6 × 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)