Kayaba Ku-3
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| Ku-3 | |
|---|---|
| File:Kayaba ku-3.jpg | |
| General information | |
| Type | Research glider |
| National origin | Japan |
| Manufacturer | Kayaba Industry |
| Designer | |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | February 1941 |
The Kayaba Ku-3 was a glider built in Japan in 1941 to investigate the possibilities of tailless aircraft. Building on the success of the Ku-2 design of the previous year, the Ku-3 was a substantially larger aircraft with several novel features. The small vertical fins of the Ku-2 were abandoned, leaving the Ku-3 with no vertical control surfaces.
The crescent wing had three pairs of control surfaces on the trailing edge. The outer, less-swept wing sections had a greater dihedral than the inner sections.
The prototype crashed after 67 flights, when the test pilot was unable to recover from a spin.
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