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The Kawasaki YPX was a twinjet airliner proposed by Kawasaki Aerospace Company of Japan. The YPX was based on the Kawasaki P-1 aircraft developed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, but with two engines instead of four.

There has been no progress as of 2024.

Design and development

The YPX was to have seated between 100 and 150 passengers, and would thus have been competitive with the smaller Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family jets on short haul routes. The engine choice had not been made at the time its development was halted. Entry into service was expected to have been somewhere around 2015. However, no prototype has been built.

Kawasaki had hoped to cut fuel costs of up to 15% in comparison to the Boeing 737.

According to specifications issued in 2007, the base model YPX-11 was to have seated 113 passengers in a two-class arrangement. The YPX-10 was to have seated 93 in two classes while the YPX-12 was to have accommodated 137, implying about 150 in an all-economy arrangement. Standard range for all three body lengths would have been 4,260 km (2,300 nautical miles) but the YPX-10 and YPX-11 were to have extended-range sub-variants flying as far as 5,930 km (3,200 nautical miles).

The YPX was to have a five-abreast economy cabin and an elliptical cross-section - that is, with a smoothly varying radius, rather than the old double-bubble based on two distinct radii. Economy seats would be 46 cm (18 in) wide; the aisle, 51 cm (20 in).

In 2012, the Ministry of Defense and Kawasaki Heavy Industries pointed out that "a passenger aircraft based almost entirely on the XP-1 would have little marketability, and would require significant design changes that would be almost completely new, making it difficult to justify." Civilian aircraft of this class are usually twin-engine aircraft due to cost and fuel efficiency considerations, and the Ministry of Defense's documents show a conceptual drawing of a twin-engine aircraft, but the prototype P-1 is equipped with four domestically produced turbofan engines at the request of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , and would require significant modifications.  On March 26, 2013, Kawasaki Heavy Industries stated that there were "no concrete moves" to convert the aircraft into a passenger aircraft.

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 100-150 pax

Performance

• Maximum speed: 885 km/h (550 mph, 478 kn)
• Range: 4,260 km (2,650 mi, 2,300 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 11,900 m (39,000 ft)

See also

Related development

• Kawasaki P-1
• Kawasaki C-2

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Airbus A320 family
• Boeing 737 Next Generation
• Bombardier CSeries
• Comac ARJ21
• Embraer E-Jet E2 family
• Sukhoi Superjet family
• Mitsubishi MRJ

Related lists

• List of civil aircraft

References

1. Govindasamy, Siva (2008-09-23). "Kawasaki talks civil". Flight International. Reed Business Information Ltd. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
2. Gibbens, Robert (2008-08-23). "CSeries to face Japanese competitor". The Montreal Gazette. Canwest Publishing Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
3. Perrett, Bradley (2008-08-15). "Kawasaki Studies Advanced, Lightweight Competitor to CSeries". Aviation Week and Space Technology. McGraw-Hill. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
4. Passenger Seat Design, Commercial Transport Aircraft, SAE International, doi:10.4271/arp750a, retrieved 2024-11-10

External links

• Kawasaki YPX rendering
• Kawasaki YPX scale model

• Kawasaki aircraft
• Abandoned civil aircraft projects