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Funk Model B
Type Two-seat cabin monoplane
Manufacturer Akron Aircraft Company
Funk Aircraft Company
Designed by Howard and Joe Funk
Maiden flight 1930s
Number built 300+

The Funk Model B was a 1930s American two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Howard and Joe Funk. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Originally built by the Akron Aircraft Company later renamed Funk Aircraft Company.

Development

The Model B was the first powered aircraft designed by brothers Howard and Joe Funk, whose previous experience was in homebuilt gliders and sailplanes. Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes 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. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For Félix du Temple 's invention see ''Monoplane'' (1874 Types of monoplane The main distinction in types of monoplane is Empennage émpənij is an Aviation term used to describe the Tail portion of an Aircraft. Conventional landing gear describes an Undercarriage arrangement consisting of two main weight-bearing wheels forward of the aircraft's Centre of gravity, the The aircraft was powered by the brothers' own Model E engine developed from a Ford motor-car engine. A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is a Heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating Pistons to convert Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following When the test flights were successful the brothers formed the Akron Aircraft Company in 1939 to build the Funk B. After production began, the engine was changed for 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. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " 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. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC was the predecessor of the U

After the war in 1946 production was resumed using a Continental C-85-12 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. Over 300 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) Avco Lycoming GO-145-C2 piston engine.
Model B-85-C Bee
Post-war production aircraft with a Continental C-85-12 engine.
UC-92
Army designation for one impressed Model B-75-L.

Specifications (B-85-C)

General characteristics

Performance

References


See also

Related lists

This list of military aircraft of the United States includes prototype pre-production and operational types
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