THK-11

THK-11
A replica THK-11 on display at the Ankara Türk Hava Kurumu Müzesi - (Ankara Turkish Aeronautical Museum)
Role Cabin monoplane
National origin Turkey
Manufacturer Türk Hava Kurumu (THK - Turkish Aeronautical Association)
First flight 1947
Status Abandoned
Number built 1

The THK 11 was a 1940s prototype Turkish four-seat monoplane, designed by Stanisław Rogalski and built by Türk Hava Kurumu (THK - Turkish Aeronautical Association).[1][2]

Design and development

The THK-11 was a high-wing twin-boom cantilever cabin monoplane with a 135 hp (101 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major piston engine driving a pusher propeller.[1] It has a fixed nose-wheel landing gear[2] and was first flown in 1947.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52,[3] Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1949–50[4]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 8.44 m (27 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.80 m (38 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 18.7 m2 (201 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 828 kg (1,825 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major four-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line engine, 101 kW (135 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 201 km/h (125 mph, 109 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 164 km/h (102 mph, 89 kn)
  • Landing speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)
  • Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi) in still air
  • Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 61.5 kg/m2 (12.6 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 11.4 kg/kW (18.7 lb/hp)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ^ a b "Progress in Turkey". Flight. Vol. LVI, no. 2127. 29 September 1949. p. 442.
  2. ^ a b The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2996.
  3. ^ Bridgeman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. p. 191c.
  4. ^ Bridgeman, Leonard (1949). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1949-50. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. pp. 183c – 184c.