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Ishikawajima Ne-20

WW2 Japanese turbojet engine

Field	Value
name	Ne-20
image	Kugisho Ne-20.jpg
caption	Ishikawajima Ne-20
engine_type	Turbojet
manufacturer	Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
first_run	1945
major_applications	Nakajima Kikka
number_built	c.5

The Ishikawajima Ne-20 () was Japan's first turbojet engine. It was developed during World War II in parallel with the nation's first military jet, the Nakajima Kikka.

Design and development

The decision to manufacture this engine came about because of the unsuitability of two earlier powerplants selected for the Kikka, the Tsu-11 and the Ne-12.

Only a small number of these engines, perhaps fifty, were produced before the end of the war. Two of them were used to power the Kikka on its only flight on August 7, 1945. Only a few of the engines under construction survived. It was also planned to use the engine to power a version of the Ohka kamikaze weapon, but this was not implemented before the end of the war.

Variants

;Ne-20:Standard production engines ;Ne-20-Kai: Up-rated version

Engines on display

Ishikawajima Ne-20 turbojet on display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Three Ne-20s have been preserved to the present day, one at Ishikawajima-Harima's internal company museum in Tanashi, and two at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Specifications (Ne-20)

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References

Bibliography

References

Kay, Anthony L.. (2007). "Turbojet History and Development 1930–1960 Volume 2:USSR, USA, Japan, France, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Hungary". The Crowood Press.

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