Kugisho Tenga – data

Contemporaries

Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Germany), HeinkelHe343 (Germany),

North American B-45 Tornado (US), Ilyushin IL-22 (Russia)

There is no exact information available on the specifications for the Kugisho Tenga. The data provided below is based on the Tenga having used the PIY Ginga airframe pretty much verbatim, apart from the change of engines (as the Tenga is often depicted). Even then, information is fragmentary and subject to guesswork

Type Medium Bomber

Crew Three

Powerplant (planned)

Two Ne 30 turbojets producing 850kg (1,873 lb) of thrust each

Dimensions

Span Length Height Wing area

19.99m 65.6ft 14.99m 49.2ft 4.29m 14.1ft 55.00m1 592ft2 (likely to be different with turbojets)

Weights

Empty

N/A

Loaded

N/A

Performance

Max speed

N/A

Range

N/A

Climb

N/A

Ceiling

N/A

Armament

Two 20mm cannons or 13mm machine guns, one in the nose, the other rear Bring; one 800kg (1,7641b) torpedo or between 1,000kg to 1,560kg (2,2051b to 3,5251b) of bombs

Deployment

None. The Tenga existed only as a paper design.