Fokker F.XIV

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F.XIV
Het enige Fokker F.XIV vrachtvliegtuig in de oorspronkelijke eenmotorige uitvoering (2161 026802).jpg
The only Fokker F.XIV built in a single engine cargo configuration.
RoleCargo aircraft/airliner
National origin The Netherlands
Manufacturer Fokker
First flight1929
Number built1

The Fokker F.XIV was a cargo plane built in the Netherlands in the late 1920s by Fokker. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional trimotor layout. The sole example was tested by KLM but never put into service.

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Development and design

Het enige Fokker F.XIV vrachtvliegtuig in de oorspronkelijke eenmotorige uitvoering (2161 026803).jpg

In early 1929, Fokker designed and built a prototype of a single-engine cargo aircraft, probably to meet a requirement from KLM. The F.XIV was a high-wing monoplane powered by a 450 horsepower (340 kW) Gnome-Rhône Jupiter VI radial engine and had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Two pilots sat in an enclosed cockpit forward of the wing's leading edge, while the aircraft's cabin could carry 1,240 kilograms (2,730 lb) in a 5 metres (16 ft) long cabin. [1]

There was little interest from airlines in a cargo aircraft, and in 1931 Fokker rebuilt the F.XIV as a three-engined passenger airliner, the F.XIV-3m. The Jupiter was replaced by three 370 horsepower (280 kW) Lorraine Algol radial engines, while the cabin had seats for eight passengers. Although tested by KLM, it was not purchased or operated by them, and ended its days as an exhibit in a pleasure garden. [2] [3]

Specifications (F.XIV-3m)

Data from European Transport Aircraft since 1910 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

  1. 1 2 Stroud 1966, pp. 485–486.
  2. Stroud 1966, p. 486.
  3. van der Klaauw Flight 30 December 1960, p. 1015.