THK-11

THK-11
The sole 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 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]

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)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 201 km/h (125 mph; 109 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 164 km/h (102 mph; 89 kn)
  • Range: 800 km (497 mi; 432 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Progress in Turkey". Flight. Vol. LVI no. 2127. 29 September 1949. p. 442.
  2. 1 2 Orbis 1985, p. 2996
  3. ↑ Bridgman 1951, p. 191c.

Bibliography

  • Bridgeman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.
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