| Yokosuka R2YKeiun | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Reconnaissance,Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Yokosuka |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy (intended) |
| Number built | 3 (1 completed) |
| History | |
| First flight | 8 May 1945 |
TheYokosuka R2YKeiun (景雲,cirrus cloud) was aprototypereconnaissance aircraft built in Japan late in World War II.
Commissioned for theImperial Japanese Navy, after theR1Y design was cancelled due to its disappointing performance estimates, the R2Y used coupled engines driving a single propeller and also featured atricycle undercarriage.
Completed in April1945, the prototype made a short flight on 8 May but was destroyed in a USair raid only a few days later, thus ending development.
A proposal was also made to develop the R2Y into aturbojet-poweredlight bomber by replacing its piston engines with twoMitsubishi Ne-330s. Designated theR2Y2Keiun Kai, it was not constructed before the end of the War.
Data fromJapanese Secret Projects: Experimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939–1945,[1]Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War[2]
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