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driving a two-bladed propeller and made its first flight on 22 February 1939. The aircraft was tested by the
Japanese Army, with the conclusion that the lighter R-38 was superior to the Army's Ki-17 primary trainer, which used the same engine. As the Ki-17 was already in production, however, the Army
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had no need for a new trainer. A second prototype, the R-38-Kai was built powered by an experimental 120 horsepower (89 kW) Kosoku KO-4 four-cylinder air-cooled inline engine, produced by a subsidiary of
Tachikawa. The R-38-Kai flew in July 1941.
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642:Tachikawa aircraft
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380:ISBN
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