BK Fliers BK-1

The BK Fliers BK-1 is a single seat homebuilt aircraft.

BK Fliers BK-1
Role Homebuilt aircraft
Manufacturer BK Fliers
Designer Bruce King
Program cost approx $7000 (prototype)
BK-1.3 The second aircraft built by the designer with tricycle gear at EAA's AirVenture 2013, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The original BK Flyer at the Southwest Regional Fly-In, Hondo, Texas. June 1, 2007

Design and development

The Bk-1 was designed and built by Bruce King in 2004 after building a modified Hummel Bird. The BK-1 was patterned after the Hummel Bird with a full VW engine and larger cockpit and surfaces.[1]

The BK-1 is an all-aluminum single-engine low-wing tricycle gear or conventional gear aircraft.

Specifications (BK-1)

Data from Manufacturer[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
  • Wingspan: 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
  • Empty weight: 450 lb (204 kg)
  • Gross weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 15 U.S. gallons (57 L; 12 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × VW Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company Volkswagen air-cooled engine, 60 hp (45 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 126 kn (145 mph, 233 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 110 kn (130 mph, 210 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 38 kn (44 mph, 71 km/h) Flaperons deployed
  • Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)


See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References
  1. "Build This Airplane for 10 Grand How to get from the dollar store to the runway". Air & Space Magazine. January 2007.
  2. "BK-1 Specs". Retrieved 20 August 2013.
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