Kayaba Ku-2

Ku-2
General information
TypeResearch glider
National originJapan
ManufacturerKayaba Industry
Designer
Hidemasa Kimura
Number built1
History
First flightOctober 1940

The Kayaba Ku-2 (萱場 2型無尾翼滑空機) was a glider built in Japan in 1940 to investigate the possibilities of tailless aircraft. It was developed as part of an Imperial Japanese Army contract that had been offered to designer Hidemasa Kimura following the successful flights of his HK-1 tailless glider over the previous years.

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