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F-17 Sportsman
Role
Three-seat biplaneType of aircraft
Manufacturer
International Aircraft
First flight
1920s
Number built
20+
The International F-17 Sportsman was a 1920s
American three-seat open-cockpit biplane designed and manufactured by the
International Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach, California and Cincinnati, Ohio.
[1] 107 aircraft were built, 77 of them at Cincinnati.
In 1928, a Sportsman won the "On to Dallas" race.
[2]
Variants
Data from:
[3]
F-17 Sportsman
powered by a 90 hp (67 kW)
Curtiss OX-5 water-cooled V-8 or 100–120 hp (75–89 kW)
Dayton Bear air-cooled 4-cylinder in-line engine.
[4]
[5]
F-17H Sportsman
powered by, 180 hp (130 kW)
Wright-Hisso E , Siemens-Halske, Dayton Bear or
Curtiss K-6 engines.
F-17H Mailman
A single seat air mail carrier / cargo version of the 17H.
F-17W Sportsman
powered by a 200 hp (150 kW)
Wright J-5
Operators
United States
Specifications (F-17)
International F-17 3-view drawing from Aero Digest January 1928
Data from ,
[3] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928
[11]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 2, 660 lb (300 kg) payload
Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Wing area: 325 sq ft (30.2 m2 )
Empty weight: 1,300 lb (590 kg) OX-5
1,400 lb (640 kg) Hisso E
1,350 lb (610 kg) Whirlwind
Gross weight: 2,121 lb (962 kg) OX-5
2,539 lb (1,152 kg) Hisso E
2,589 lb (1,174 kg) Whirlwind
Powerplant: 1 ×
Curtiss OX-5 V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)
150 hp (110 kW)
Hisso E V-8
200 hp (150 kW)
Wright J-5 Whirlwind 9-cyl radial
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 98 mph (158 km/h, 85 kn) OX-5 engine
120 mph (100 kn; 190 km/h) Hisso E
150 mph (130 kn; 240 km/h) Whirlwind
Cruise speed: 82 mph (132 km/h, 71 kn) OX-5 engine
105 mph (91 kn; 169 km/h) Hisso E
120 mph (100 kn; 190 km/h) Whirlwind
Landing speed: 35 mph (30 kn; 56 km/h)
Range: 325 mi (523 km, 282 nmi)
Service ceiling: 10,500 ft (3,200 m) OX-5 engine
1,200 ft (370 m) Hisso E
16,000 ft (4,900 m) Whirlwind
Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s) OX-5 engine
800 ft/min (4.1 m/s) Hisso E
1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s) Whirlwind
Wing loading: 6.52 lb/sq ft (31.8 kg/m2 ) OX-5 engine
7.8 lb/sq ft (38 kg/m2 ) Hisso E
7.86 lb/sq ft (38.4 kg/m2 ) Whirlwind
0.0592 hp/lb (0.1 kW/kg) Hisso E
0.0782 hp/lb (0.1 kW/kg) Whirlwind
References
Further reading
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft . London: Orbis Publications. p. 2213.