MKEK-6

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MKEK-6
Roletwo-seat training glider
National origin Turkey
Manufacturer Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
Number built1

The MKEK-6 was a two-seat training glider designed and built in Turkey by Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (Makina Kimya endustrisi Kurumu) (MKEK), during the early 1950s.

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Design and development

The MKEK-6 was a high-wing, two-seat, training glider with a wooden monocoque, circular cross-section fuselage. The wooden-construction wing was a single-spar structure with constant taper in chord and thickness. The tail unit was conventional and the undercarriage consisted of a skid under the fuselage nose, a main-wheel aft of the skid and a tail-skid at the extreme aft end of the fuselage. The enclosed cockpit sat two occupants in side-by-side configuration, with dual controls. [1]

Specifications (MKEK-6)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 [1]

General characteristics

Performancemaximum in smooth air

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References

  1. 1 2 Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 248.