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de Havilland T.K.5

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T.K.5
Model of the T.K.5 on display at thede Havilland Aircraft Museum
General information
TypeSingle-seat canard research aircraft
National originUnited Kingdom
Manufacturerde Havilland Technical School
StatusScrapped
Number built1
History
Manufactured1938–1939

Thede Havilland T.K.5 was an unflown 1930s British single-seat canard research aircraft, designed and built by students of the de Havilland Technical School.

Design and development

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The T.K.5 was built by students atStag Lane Aerodrome between 1938 and 1939.[1] It was a low-wing monoplane with a 140 hp (104 kW)de Havilland Gipsy Major IC piston engine driving a pusher propeller.[1]The only T.K.5, registered G-AFTK, was tested byGeoffrey de Havilland in 1939 but it refused to leave the ground and was scrapped.[1]

Specifications

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Data from[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
  • Wingspan: 19 ft 8 in (7.83 m)
  • Gross weight: 1,366 lb (620 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 ×de Havilland Gipsy Major IC , 140 hp (104 kW)

See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

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  1. ^abcdJackson 1974, page 323

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toDe Havilland T.K.5.
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974).British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam.ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
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