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Aichi Kokuki

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Aichi Kokuki
Company typeLimited company
IndustryAircraft manufacturing
Founded1898;126 years ago(1898)inNagoya,Japan
FateIntegrated intoNissan
SuccessorAichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd
ProductsAircraft
ParentNissan
WebsiteAichi Kokuki corporate website
Japanese Navy's 1939 type carrier-based dive bomber during World War II

Aichi Kokuki KK(Ái biết hàng không cơ kabushiki gaisha,Aichi Kōkūki Kabushiki Kaisha,Aichi Aircraft Co., Ltd.)was a Japaneseaerospace manufacturerwhich produced several designs for theImperial Japanese Navy.After the war, the company was reorganized asAichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd ( ái biết máy móc công nghiệp )where they made smallkeicars until 1966 when they were integrated intoNissanand developed theNissan SunnyandNissan Vanette.

History

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Aichi Watch and Electric Manufacturing

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The company was established in 1898 inNagoyaasAichi Tokei Denki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha(Aichi Watch and Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.). Aircraft production started in1920,[1]and the company relied initially on technical assistance fromHeinkel,[1]which influenced some of their designs. Later, with the prodding and support of theImperial Japanese Navy,the company started making seaplanes using technology imported fromShort Brothersin theUK.[2]

During the inter-war period, Aichi was the beneficiary of technology transferred fromHeinkelof Germany. At the time, a team from theLeague of Nationsoccasionally visited German aircraft manufacturers to monitor the ban on military aircraft research and production. A Japanese military attache who was a member of the monitoring team, let Heinkel know, confidentially and in advance, of the planned visits. Heinkel thus succeeded in continuing its design on the aircraft ordered by Aichi Aircraft without being spotted.[3]

In1943the aircraft division was spun off asAichi Kokuki Kabushiki Kaisha(Aichi Aircraft Co., Ltd.).[4]

Aichi Machine Industry

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After the war, the company was reorganized, manufacturingkeicars under theConybrand name in Japan. Its current descendant,Aichi Kikai Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha(Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.), is integrated with theNissancorporate structure.[5]

Products

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Aircraft

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Model name First flight Number built Type
Aichi AB-1 1928 1 Single engine biplane airliner
Aichi AB-2 1930 2 Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AB-3 1932 1 Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AB-4 1932 6 Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat
Aichi AB-5 1[6] License built single engine biplane floatplane
Aichi AB-6 1933 1 Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AB-7 2 Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AB-8[jp] 1 Single engine biplane dive bomber
Aichi AB-9 1[7] Single engine biplane dive bomber
Aichi AB-10 Single engine biplane dive bomber
Aichi AB-11 N/A 0 Single engine biplane dive bomber
Aichi AB-12 1934 15 Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat
Aichi AB-13 1936 2 Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AB-14 1937 17 Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat
Aichi AM-7 N/A 0 Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AM-10 N/A 0 Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AM-15[jp] N/A 0 Unbuilt single engine monoplane fighterorunbuilt single engine monoplane sports plane[a]
Aichi AM-16[jp] N/A 0 Twin engine monoplane reconnaissance flying boat
Aichi AM-17 1938 1,495 Single engine monoplane dive bomber
Aichi AM-18[jp] 2 Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AM-19 133[b] Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AM-20 N/A 0 Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance airplane
Aichi AM-21 1940 31 Twin engine monoplane trainer flying boat
Aichi AM-22 1942 256 Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi AM-23 1942 114 Single engine monoplane torpedo bomber
Aichi AM-24 1943 28 Single engine monoplane dive bomber floatplane
Aichi AM-25 N/A 2 Twin engine monoplane night fighter
Aichi Type H 2[c] License built single engine biplane carrier fighter
Aichi Type 2 Single-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane 1[d] License built single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi Type 15-Ko Reconnaissance Seaplane 1925 4 Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane
Aichi Type 2 Two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane 16 License built single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane

Engines

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Automotive

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Nissan engines

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Transmissions

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  • FS6R31 - with synchronous control.
  • F30A / F50A / F70A
  • MFA60 / MFA80
  • W60A
  • FS5R30A
  • MRA70
  • GR6

Vehicles manufactured

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^The AM-15 designation was used for two different designs.
  2. ^An additional 1,285 aircraft were built byKyushuandHiro
  3. ^An additional 2 pattern aircraft were built by Heinkel.
  4. ^An additional 1 pattern aircraft was built by Heinkel.

Notes

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  1. ^abMikesh and Abe 1990, p. 61.
  2. ^Odagiri 1996, p. 216.
  3. ^Odagiri 1996, p. 217.
  4. ^Mikesh and Abe 1990, p. 79.
  5. ^"Aichi Kikai manufacturing history".Aichi Machine Industry Website.Aichi Kikai. Archived fromthe originalon 19 August 2010.Retrieved7 July2010.
  6. ^Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990).Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941.Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 72–73.ISBN1-55750-563-2.Retrieved24 November2024.
  7. ^Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990).Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941.Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 75–76.ISBN1-55750-563-2.Retrieved24 November2024.

Bibliography

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  • Mikesh, Robert C. and Shorzoe Abe.Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941.London: Putnam Aeronautical, 1990.ISBN0-85177-840-2.
  • Odagiri, Hiroyuki.Technology and Industrial Development in Japan.Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1996.ISBN0-19-828802-6.
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