A two-seat light cabin monoplane, produced in 1935.
Gabardini Lictor 90
Era
G & A XO-61
G&A Aircraft had previously built six examples of the XO-61 two-seat gyroplane for the U.S. Army from 1942.
Engine: Jacobs R-915-3, 300 hp.
Gross wt: 3038 lbs.
Rotor dia: 48 ft.
No of blades: 3.
Seats: 2
Fyodorov Split-wing Machine
Designed and built by Yevgeny Stepanovich Fyodorov (Евгений Степанович Фёдоров) during the period 1895 until 1903. Fyodorov had a career in the military as an engineer, where in 1895 he presented a model aeroplane project with a “split-wing” (самолёта-пятиплана). This model was successfully flown behind an automobile, which towed the model. On the results of the tests with this model Fyodorov decided to build a full scale aeroplane at his own expense. According to sources it was finished, but never flight tested. The machine of Fyodorov is considered the second constructed flying machine after the one of Mozhaiski (Можа́йский).
Future Flight LLC / Xenon Gyroplanes
2009: Xenon Gyroplanes
Future Flight LLC
411 Walnut St. No. 3986
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
Gyrocopter builder
Fuseri-Miller Ortoelicottero
Italian ornithopter, designed by Dr. Fuseri, a pharmacist living in the small town of Fossano in the province of Piemonte, and built by Franz Miller, one of Italy’s first aeronautical engineers, as a contractor. In 1908 the firm “Società anonima italiana per l’esperimento dell’ortoelicottero Fuseri” was formed in Fossano and construction of the aircraft was initiated in 1909 by the factory of Miller in Torino where it was never flown and unlikely to have ever been tried. This sort of machine (VTOL) is along the lines of the somewhat later machines of deCazes where it is named a Hélicoplane, just as the Fuseri Ortoelicottero, a mix of helicopter (vertical take-off and landing) and aeroplane.
Funk FK-3 / VFW-Fokker FK-3
Designed by Dipl-lng Otto Funk especially for weak thermal conditions, the FK-3 is distinguished by a pod-and-boom fuselage and a very tall fin and rudder. The cantilever shoulder wings have a thickness/chord ratio of 15.3% and are of an unusual metal and foamed honeycomb construction, bending loads being carried by a single metal spar which tapers from a T-section to a U profile, and drag and torsion loads being carried by a light alloy nose spar which transmits these loads to the fuselage fittings. The wing ribs are of light alloy and plastic foam sandwich construction, spaced at intervals of approximately 4ft 7in, and supporting a 0.5mm thick light alloy skin. Between the ribs a foamed honeycomb known as Conticell 60 gives additional support to protect the skin from minor damage, and the overall wing finish is very smooth. The camber-changing flaps are divided into inner and outer sections and Schempp-Hirth air brakes are fitted. Up to 110lb of water ballast can be carried if desired in two rubber tanks in the wings with the dump valve positioned in the fuselage aft of the retractable monowheel. The fuselage nose section is of steel tube construction covered with a glassfibre-reinforced shell, and the tail boom, of small cross section, is built of riveted light metal sheet without frames or stringers, the lower part incorporating a rubbing strip to minimise damage in a rough landing. The tail unit is similar in construction to the wings, the rudder being fabric covered. The monowheel is manually-retracted and has a drum brake; there is also a tailwheel. The pilot sits in a semi-reclining position on an adjustable seat and has adjustable rudder pedals; the long onepiece Plexiglas canopy is removable, except for a small front portion.
A high performance Open Class single-seater, the prototype was built by apprentices at VFW-Fokker’s Speyer plant in Germany in the course of their regular training.
It first flew on 24 April 1968 and production started in January 1969, soon building up to a rate of three or four per month. In its first competition, flown by Dr Rolf Spa’nig, the prototype won the Open Class in the 1968 Italian Championships, and two FK-3s later gained first and second places in the Austrian Championships.
FK-3
Span: 17.4m / 57 ft 1 in
Wing area: 13.8 sq.m / 148.54 sq ft
Length: 7.2 m / 23 ft 7.5 in
Empty Weight: 260 kg / 529 lb
Height over tailplane: 5 ft 11 in
Gross Weight: 400 kg / 882 lb
Water ballast: 50 kg / 110 lb
Wing Load: 29.0 kg/sq.m / 5.94 lb/sq ft
Max speed: 168 mph / 146 kt / 270 km/h
Max aero-tow speed: 87 mph
Max rough air speed: 146 kt / 270 km/h
Stalling speed: 27-30 kt / 50-55 km/h
MinSink: 0.50 m/s / 1.64 ft/sec at 34.5 kt / 64 kph / 40 mph
L/DMax: 42 at 47.5 kt / 88 kph / 55 mph
Aspect ratio: 21.9
Airfoil: Wortmann FX 61-K-153
Seats: 1
No. Built: 11
Funk F-23
A developments of the Fairchild M-62s appeared in the 1960s, the Funk F-23 built at Broken Arrow in Oklahoma and first flown in 1962. Eleven production aircraft were built around the PT-19 fuselage and powered by the 240-hp W670M Continental. A further three were built with 275-hp R-755 Jacobs engines.
In May 1970 Cosmic Aircraft Corp acquired all rights in manufacture of F-23 single-seat agricultural monoplane, produced previously by D. D. Funk Aviation Company Inc. Two models: F-23A (Continental radial) and F-23B (Jacobs radial). Production ceased 1975.
Funk, D.D Aviation Co
Founded in 1950 at Salina, Kansas, by Don D. Funk; produced F-23 agricultural aircraft in two versions, F-23A with 240 hp Continental W-670 engine and F-23B with 275 hp Jacobs R-755.
Funk E
The 1938 Funk E (ATC 201) was a 63hp four-cylinder inline, water-cooled modified Ford B auto engine.
Funk A / Funk B / Akron Aircraft Co Model B
The first plane or Funk model ‘A’ was powered by and inverted and converted flat head four cylinder ingine.
The Funk Model B was a 1930s American two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Howard and Joe Funk. Originally built by the Akron Aircraft Company later renamed Funk Aircraft Company.
The Model B was the first powered aircraft designed by brothers Howard and Joe Funk, whose previous experience was in homebuilt gliders and sailplanes. Similar in appearance to a Piper Cub, their Model B was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with a conventional tail unit and fixed tailwheel landing gear. The design uses mixed construction with fabric covered wooden wings and a welded steel-tube fuselage. The aircraft was powered by the brothers’ own Model E engine developed from a Ford “B” motor-car engine. The prototype first flew in late 1933.
When the test flights proved to be successful the brothers formed the Akron Aircraft Company in 1939 to build the Funk B. After production began, the engine was changed to a 75hp (56 kW) Lycoming GO-145-C2 horizontally-opposed four-cylinder engine and was re-designated the Model B-75-L.
In 1941 the company moved from Akron to Kansas and the company was renamed the Funk Aircraft Company. Production was stopped during the Second World War and one aircraft was impressed into service in 1942 with the United States Army Air Corps as the UC-92.
After the war in 1946 production was resumed using a Continental C85-12 engine and the aircraft was redesignated the Model B-85-C and named the Bee. It did not sell well and production was halted in 1948. 380 aircraft of all variants had been built.
Variants:
Model B
Prototype and initial production aircraft with Funk E engine.
Model B-75-L
Pre-war production aircraft with a 75hp (56 kW) Lycoming GO-145-C2 piston engine.
Model B-85-C Bee
Post-war production aircraft with a Continental C85-12 engine.
UC-92
Army designation for one impressed Model B-75-L (s/n 42-79548).
Specifications:
B-85-C
Engine: 1 × Continental C85-12, 85 hp (63 kW)
Propeller: 2-bladed Lewis fixed pitch
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Length: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Wing area: 169 sq ft (15.7 sq.m)
Airfoil: NACA 4412
Empty weight: 890 lb (404 kg)
Gross weight: 1,350 lb (612 kg)
Fuel capacity: 20 US gal (76 l; 17 imp gal)
Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h; 100 kn) at sea level
Cruise speed: 100 mph (87 kn; 161 km/h)
Range: 350 mi (304 nmi; 563 km) with 30 minutes reserve
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
Take-off run: 348 ft (107 m)
Crew: 2
