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{{Short description|Japanese military trainer aircraft}}
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name = T-3
 |image = File:T-3 (13747031394).jpg
 |caption =Fuji T-3
 |type = Primary trainer
 |manufacturer = [[Fuji Heavy Industries]] 
 |designer = 
 |first_flight = [[1978 in aviation|1978]]
 |introduction = 
 |retired = Retired from military service in 2007
 |produced = 1978-1982
 |number_built = 50
 |status = 
 |unit cost =
 |primary_user = [[Japan Air Self Defense Force]]
 |more_users =  
 |developed_from = [[Fuji KM-2]]
 |developed_into = [[Fuji T-7]]
}}

The '''Fuji T-3''' is a primary military [[trainer aircraft]] used by the [[Japan Air Self Defense Force]], manufactured by [[Fuji Heavy Industries]]. Its first flight was in 1978. In the course of its service life, 50 units were produced. It has been replaced by the [[Fuji T-7]].

==Development==
The '''KM-2B''' was a further development of the [[Fuji KM-2]] (itself a four-seat development of the [[T-34 Mentor]] with a more powerful engine) for use as a primary trainer for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).  It combined the structure and engine of the KM-2 with the tandem cockpit of the T-34 Mentor.  Its first flight was on 17 January 1978.<ref name="Military aircraft">{{cite book |editor-last= Donald |editor-first=David |editor2=Lake, Jon |title= Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft |year= 1996 |publisher= Aerospace Publishing|location= London |isbn= 1-874023-95-6}}</ref>  Fifty were purchased by the JASDF as the '''Fuji T-3''', and production continued until 1982.<ref name="world aircraft">{{cite book |editor=Donald, David |title = The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft|year = 1997|publisher = Aerospace Publishing|location=London|isbn= 1-85605-375-X}}</ref>

==Operational history==
The Fuji T-3 served with the 11 and 12 Hiko-Kyoikudan of the JASDF. The T-3 was retired in 2007 and replaced by the [[Fuji T-7]], a [[turboprop]] variant of the T-3, with a {{convert|400|shp|abbr=on}} [[Allison 250]] engine.<ref name = "brasseys">{{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=M J H | title = Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition | year = 1999 | publisher = Brassey's |location=London| isbn = 1-85753-245-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kokukagaku.jp/09_skypark/exhibit.html|title=Introduction of the exhibits at Ozora Hiroba|access-date=2024-11-22|publisher=Misawa Aviatin & Science Museum}}</ref>

==Operators==
;{{JPN}}: [[Japan Air Self-Defense Force]]

==Specifications (T-3)==

{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1976-1977  <ref>{{cite book|title=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide|last=Rendall|first=David|year=1995|isbn=0-00-470980-2|publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers|location=Glasgow, UK|page=[https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505 505]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505}}</ref><ref name="Janes76-77">{{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=JWR | title = Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1976-1977 | year = 1976| publisher = Macdonald and Jane's|location=London| isbn =0-354-00538-3 }}</ref>
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|empty weight kg=1120
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|max takeoff weight kg=1510
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Lycoming IGSO-480]]
|eng1 type=6-cylinder horizontally opposed air-cooled [[piston engine]]
|eng1 kw=254
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|prop blade number=3
|prop name=constant-speed propeller
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|max speed kmh=377
|max speed note=at {{cvt|4875|m|0}}
|cruise speed kmh=254
|cruise speed note=at {{cvt|2440|m|0}}
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|never exceed speed kmh=413
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=1038
|range note=
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|ceiling m=8170
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|climb rate ms=7.7
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|wing loading kg/m2=91.5
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|avionics=
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==See also==
{{Portal|Japan|Aviation}}
{{aircontent|
|related=
* [[Beechcraft T-34 Mentor]]
* [[Fuji KM-2]]
* [[Fuji T-5]]
* [[Fuji T-7]]
|similar aircraft=
|lists=
* [[List of military aircraft of Japan]]
|see also=
}}

==References==
{{commons category|Fuji T-3}}
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