The BAT F.K.27 was a two-seater sporting
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
designed by Frederick Koolhoven and built by the
British Aerial Transport Company Limited (BAT) in 1918.
Design and development
The F.K.27 was a
sesquiplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a ...
two-seater with side-by-side seating staggered ''en echelon'' to starboard. The two bay sesquiplane wings were arranged conventionally, with the lower mainplane attached to the bottom of the fuselage and the upper mainplane supported on
cabane strut
In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...
s above the fuselage and solid built up inter-plane struts. The fixed under-carriage consisted of strut supported main-wheels and a sprung tailskid at the rear extremity of the fuselage. Powered by a
ABC Wasp II, the F.K.27 was also aerobatic.
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Specifications (F.K. 27)
Notes
References
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Koolhoven aircraft
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1910s British aircraft
Sesquiplanes
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Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1918