Engineering:Koolhoven F.K.43
F.K.43 | |
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Role | passenger transport |
Manufacturer | Koolhoven |
First flight | 1931 |
Introduction | 1931 |
Primary users | KLM Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Air Force |
Number built | 20 |
Developed from | Koolhoven F.K.41 |
The Koolhoven F.K.43 was a small four-seat[1][2][unreliable source?], single-engined monoplane passenger aircraft manufactured by Koolhoven in the Netherlands. It was a direct successor of the F.K.41.
It was a quite successful design with good flying qualities. KLM purchased twelve aircraft and used it as a flying taxi and for pilot training. Two of these were built by Aviolanda.
At the outbreak of World War II, four F.K.43s were requisitioned by the Royal Netherlands Air Force . One of these escaped destruction by flying to United Kingdom , where it was taken into use as a liaison aircraft by the Royal Air Force .
After the war another eight aircraft, powered by a 165 hp (123 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major radial engines were manufactured by Fokker (the aircraft were called "Fokhovens").[3] Only one of these heavily modified aircraft has survived until today.
Specifications (F.K.43)
Data from Koolhoven FK-43: Le Dernier Survivant[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2–3 passengers[1]
- Length: 8.30 m (27 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 17 m2 (180 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 605 kg (1,334 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 97 kW (130 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn) (80% power)
- Range: 720 km (450 mi, 390 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,100 m (13,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.3 m/s (650 ft/min)
See also
Related lists
- List of aircraft of the RAF
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hazewinkel 1989, pp. 41–42.
- ↑ "Koolhoven FK.43". https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-k/628-koolhoven-fk-43-uk?showall=1.
- ↑ Hazewinkel 1989, p. 44.
- ↑ Hazewinkel 1989, p. 43.
- Hazewinkel, Harm J. (January 1989). "Koolhoven FK-43: le dernier survivant" (in fr). Le Fana de l'Aviation (230): 40–44. ISSN 0757-4169.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolhoven F.K.43.
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