The Ishikawajima-Harima J3 was a Japanese turbojet aircraft engine . It was the first jet engine designed and built in Japan after the Second World War and was used to power the Fuji T-1 trainer and as a booster engine in the Kawasaki P-2J patrol aircraft.
6-767: Development of the J3, the first Japanese post-war jet engine, intended to power the Fuji T-1 jet trainer, was begun in 1955 by the Nippon Jet-Engine Company , with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) being designated prime contractor in 1959. The resulting engine was a small, simple axial-flow turbojet. The first pre-production engine began flight testing in a Curtiss C-46 testbed in February 1960, with production deliveries beginning in April 1962. While
12-795: The J3 was designed to power the Fuji T-1, it was not ready in time and the first version of the T-1 was powered by imported British Bristol Orpheus engine. The J3-IHI-3 version of the engine equipped the later T-1B version. A more powerful version of the J3, the J3-IHI-7 was used to re-engine the T-1Bs and as booster engines for the Kawasaki P-2J maritime patrol aircraft. Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77 Comparable engines Related lists Fuji T-1 The Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka
18-740: The T-1A was powered by the British-designed Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet and made its first flight on May 17, 1960. The T-1B was powered by the Ishikawajima-Harima J3 turbojet and 20 were produced between June 1962 and June 1963. Fuji was the successor to the Nakajima Aircraft Company (famous for building several aircraft such as Nakajima Ki-43 and Nakajima Ki-84 during WW2). The first aircraft of Fuji's own design
24-482: The spring of 1954, the Defense Agency's plan to develop a training jet aircraft emerged, which later lead to the development of the T-1 training plane. The T-1 was the first indigenously designed Japanese jet aircraft to be developed since World War II . It was Japan's first mass-produced jet and the first aircraft to apply a swept wing . The development of a domestic jet engine was not completed in time, so
30-538: Was Japan 's first jet-powered trainer aircraft . Its first flight was in January 1958. A total of 66 T-1 planes were built. It was retired in March 2006. After World War II, Japanese aircraft industry was banned from research as well as the destruction of materials and equipment related to aircraft. In 1952, a partial ban on aircraft research was lifted, making it possible to develop Japan's own domestic jet aircraft. In
36-664: Was the T-1 jet trainer. More than 200 T-1s were to be produced, but with the introduction of the Lockheed F-104 J/DJ fighters, the education system changed and the Lockheed T-33A , which was in large numbers, took on the same role, and only 66 T-1s were introduced. With the entry into service of its successor, the Kawasaki T-4 , flight training with the T-1 was completed in December 2000. The last T-1
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