Nakajima Hayabusa (Oscar) Engine start at Wanaka New Zealand.

Nakajima KI-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) slow (difficult!) radial engine start at Wanaka New Zealand over Easter 1998. This airplane was on static display. I hope to upload at a later date the Oscar in ground effect flight at Wanaka Easter 1996.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Nakajima
• Hayabusa.
• Oscar
• airplane.
• radial
• engine.
• engine
• sounds.
• Wanaka.
• AirflowNZ.

[AirflowNZ]

Yes - this is very original & so valuable that it was not allowed to fly, just a ground effect. Now in US Museum.

[ScottRuggels]

@kloakovalimonada

Yes this is the original engine. There was a long magazine article on the history and restoration if this plane.

[ScottRuggels]

@MirelleLaRouge

No, this one was an early model Ki-43I, and only had the two bladed prop. the II and III had the three bladed prop and better engine cooling. btu all suffered from weak armament.

[HBPencil79]

@MirelleLaRouge It may be an original engine, early versions had two bladed props and the telescopic sight as fitted to this one.

[MirelleLaRouge]

I suspect the aircraft has been repowered, as the original unit mounted a 3 bladed propeller.

[SKYSKYSKY1192]

生きている隼の姿を見たのは初めてです！

[kloakovalimonada]

Which engine is in it? I can't recognise the sound. Could it be an original one?

[larrylewislarry]

Brilliant! A very brief but well remembered part of NZ airshow history. Looks like quite a coordinated affair between the guys on the battery cart and in the cockpit. There's nothing as satisfying as bringing a reluctant radial to life!