Koolhoven F.K.30

Last updated
F.K.30 Toerist
KoolhovenFK30.jpg
The only Koolhoven F.K. 30 ever built
RoleSport aircraft
National originNetherlands
Manufacturer Koolhoven
Designer Frederick Koolhoven
First flight1927
Number built1

The Koolhoven F.K.30 Toerist was a small sport aircraft built in the Netherlands in 1927, intended for use by aeroclubs. The fuselage carried the pilot and one passenger in tandem in a bathtub-like open cockpit. The cantilever parasol wing was mounted above and behind them, with the main wheels of the fixed undercarriage directly below the wing, at the sides of the fuselage. The engine, driving a pusher propeller, was mounted on the aircraft centerline at the aft portion of the wing. The conventional empennage was carried on a boom extending below the propeller arc. The wing, including engine, was designed so that it could be pivoted 90° while on the ground, allowing the aircraft to be stored and transported more easily.

Koolhoven had designed the F.K.30 for Nationale Vliegtuig Industrie, but when the company folded, he built it as the first product of his own company. The aircraft failed to attract the interest of buyers, however, and only the single prototype was constructed, with Koolhoven himself the only person to fly it. It was eventually sold to Clifford B. Harmon, president of the International League of Aviators, but when Harmon failed to take possession, the aircraft was scrapped.


Specifications

Koolhoven F.K.30 3-view drawing from L'Air March 1,1927 Koolhoven F.K.30 3-view L'Air March 1,1927.png
Koolhoven F.K.30 3-view drawing from L'Air March 1,1927

Data from[ citation needed ]

General characteristics

Performance

Related Research Articles

Avro Type D

The Avro Type D was an aircraft built in 1911 by the pioneer British aircraft designer A.V. Roe. Roe had previously built and flown several aircraft at Brooklands, most being tractor layout triplanes. The Type D was his first biplane.

BAT Crow Type of aircraft

The BAT F.K.28 Crow was a British single-seat ultralight aircraft produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited of London. It was intended to be the "aerial equivalent of the motor cycle".

Koolhoven F.K.51 Type of aircraft

The Koolhoven F.K.51 was a 1930s Dutch two-seat basic training biplane built by the Koolhoven Company.

Koolhoven F.K.50 Type of aircraft

The Koolhoven F.K.50 was a 1930s Dutch eight-passenger light transport monoplane designed and built by Koolhoven.

PWS-20 First Polish passenger plane

The PWS-20 was a Polish single-engine high-wing 8 passenger airliner, built in the PWS factory and when it made its first flight in 1929 it became the first Polish-designed transport aircraft to fly.

PWS-54

The PWS-54 was a Polish single-engine passenger and mail plane for three passengers; one alone was built in 1932 in the PWS factory.

PZL.4

The PZL.4 was a Polish three-engine passenger aircraft for 10 passengers, built in PZL factory in 1932, which remained a prototype. It was the first Polish-designed and produced multi-engine plane.

The Koolhoven F.K.42 was a parasol-wing, two-seat training monoplane manufactured by Koolhoven in the Netherlands. Only one was built.

The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.5 and F.K.6 were experimental triplanes built as escort fighters by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. They carried two gunners in nacelles mounted on the centre wing. One example of each type was built, with no further development or production following.

Latécoère 4 Type of aircraft

The Latécoère 4 was a three-engined, 15-passenger biplane built in France in the early 1920s. It proved difficult to fly and was discontinued, though a second machine was completed as the Latécoère 5 bomber.

The Latécoère 24 was a French three-engined parasol winged flying boat, built in 1927 to test the longer stretches of the South Atlantic crossing. Trials showed that it was overweight and consequently performed below specification.

Carden-Baynes Bee Type of aircraft

The Carden-Baynes Bee was a 1930s British two-seat aircraft, with twin engines in pusher configuration buried in the wings. The wings rotated for storage. Financial problems limited the Bee to a single flight.

The Koolhoven F.K.57 was a twin-engined, gull-winged monoplane built in the Netherlands as a personal transport for the Director General of Royal Dutch Shell. Only one was made, flying chiefly in Europe in the year before World War II, but destroyed when Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940.

Gallaudet D-4

The Gallaudet D-4 was an unusual biplane designed and built by Gallaudet Aircraft Company for the United States Navy. It was powered by a Liberty L-12 engine buried within the fuselage which turned a large, four-bladed propeller attached to a ring around the center fuselage. Only two were constructed, with the second being accepted by the Navy for service as an observation aircraft.

Aeroput MMS-3 Type of aircraft

The Aeroput MMS-3 was the first Yugoslavian twin-engined light three-seater passenger aircraft, produced by Aeronautical service of Aeroput for its own needs in 1935 year. The chief designer was the aviation engineer Milenko Mitrović - Spirta, the CTO of Aeroput.

Koolhoven F.K.54 Type of aircraft

The Koolhoven F.K.54 was a Dutch single-engine, three-seat touring aircraft with a retractable undercarriage. It flew shortly before the start of World War II and its development was abandoned after its first flight as attention turned to military aircraft.

The NVI F.K.29 was a small Dutch biplane transport, carrying two passengers who boarded after the nose, with its single engine and fuselage, had been swung open. It was intended to link small local fields to main airports.

NVI F.K.35 Type of aircraft

The NVI F.K.35 or Koolhoven F.K.35 was a two-seat fighter aircraft built in the Netherlands during 1926. It was completed and exhibited but, through a combination of ground accident and financial problems, never flown.

Deperdussin 1910 monoplane 1910s French light aircraft

The 1910 Deperdussin monoplane, is a general term for a variety of Deperdussin aircraft models built between 1910 and 1911. Initially released in August 1910, it was the first aircraft to be built in significant quantities by Aéroplanes Deperdussin. Many variations of the aircraft were produced, differing in size, engine type and horsepower and tail configuration. These were loosely labelled as the "Deperdussin monoplane", but were sometimes more specifically classified either by function or by seating-type. A number of Deperdussin monoplanes were flown successfully in air races and gained several speed and endurance records during 1911–1912. Several have survived, including an airworthy example in the Shuttleworth Collection in England.

SABCA Demonty-Poncelet limousine Type of aircraft

The SABCA Demonty-Poncelet monoplane, Demonty-Poncelet limousine or SABCA-DP was a Belgian light aircraft first flown in 1924. It had two comfortable side-by side seats in a glazed cabin. Though it had competition successes in 1924 and 1925, it did not go into production.

References