Fokker B.II (1923)
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| Role | Reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Fokker |
| First flight | 15 December 1923 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Fokker B.II was a prototype sesquiplane shipboard reconnaissance flying boat built in the Netherlands in 1923.
Development
[edit]It was a conventional flying boat with a duralumin hull and sesquiplane wings braced with N-struts. The tractor configuration engine was mounted on the leading edge of the upper wing driving a four-bladed propeller. Open cockpits were provided for the crew under the upper wing and in a dorsal position amidships.
The Royal Dutch Navy tested the prototype, but no production orders followed.
Specifications
[edit]Data from Les Ailes, December 1923[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Three
- Length: 9.85 m (32 ft 4 in)
- Upper wingspan: 14.60 m (47 ft 11 in)
- Height: 3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 40 m2 (430 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,300 kg (2,866 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,100 kg (4,630 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 470 L (100 imp gal; 120 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Eagle XII water-cooled V-12, 270 kW (360 hp)
- Propellers: 4-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
- Endurance: 4 hr
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 60 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
References
[edit]- ^ Serryer, J (6 December 1923). "L'hydravion Fokker F.B.II". Les Ailes (129): 2–3.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fokker B.II (1923).
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 402.
- "A New Fokker Flying Boat". Flight. Vol. XV, no. 777. 15 November 1923. p. 705. Retrieved 9 January 2024.