NIKKI EXPERIMENTAL 12 SHI K8P1

The Nippi K8P1 was a Japanese prototype training seaplane from the interwar period and the beginning of World War II. The prototype flight took place in 1938 or early 1939. The machine did not enter serial production. The drive was provided by a single engine Gasuden Jimpu II with up to 165 hp. The length of the aircraft was 8.6 meters with a wingspan of 10.8 meters. The plane did not have permanent on-board weapons. The Nippi K8P1 was developed for the needs of the Japanese Navy, which in the late 1930s sought to obtain a new training seaplane to replace the machines in the line. Yokosuka K4Y . The ordering party also imposed that the new plane would be powered by an engine Gasuden Jimpu II. It is worth adding that the K8P1 prototype was the first aircraft constructed at the Nippi plant. For this reason, the company recruited several subcontractors with more experience in aircraft construction. In total, only two examples of this aircraft were made, which were tested by the Japanese Navy in 1940, but did not enter serial production.