THK-11

THK-11
The sole THK-11 on display at the Ankara Türk Hava Kurumu Müzesi - (Ankara Turkish Aeronautical Museum)
Role	Cabin monoplane
National origin	Turkey
Manufacturer	Turkish: 'Türk Hava Kurumu' (THK - Turkish Aeronautical Association)
First flight	1947
Status	Abandoned
Number built	1

The THK 11 was a 1940s prototype Turkish four-seat monoplane, designed and built by Turkish: 'Türk Hava Kurumu' (THK - Turkish Aeronautical Association).^[1][2]

Design and development

The THK-11 was a high-wing twin-boom cantilever cabin monoplane with a 135 hp (101 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major piston engine driving a pusher propeller.^[1] It has a fixed nose-wheel landing gear^[2] and was first flown in 1947.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 8.44 m (27 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 11.80 m (38 ft 9 in)
• Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 18.7 m² (201 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 828 kg (1,825 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major four-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line engine, 101 kW (135 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 201 km/h (125 mph; 109 kn)
• Cruising speed: 164 km/h (102 mph; 89 kn)
• Range: 800 km (497 mi; 432 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)

See also

• Twin-boom aircraft

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• SECAN Courlis

References

Notes

1. "Progress in Turkey". Flight. Vol. LVI no. 2127. 29 September 1949. p. 442.
2. Orbis 1985, p. 2996
3. Bridgman 1951, p. 191c.

Bibliography

• Bridgeman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.