The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10 was a British two-seat quadruplane fighter of the First World War, one of the few four-winged aircraft ever to reach production. Frederick Koolhoven, then chief designer at Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, designed it in 1916 as a single-engine fighter, building on the F.K.9 prototype that flew in the summer of 1916. The production aircraft had a deeper fuselage and a new tail but kept the wing planform of the F.K.9, and was powered by a 130 hp Clerget 9B rotary engine. The Royal Flying Corps ordered 50, yet it performed worse than the Sopwith 1½ Strutter already in service, so only five were built for the RFC and three for the Royal Naval Air Service. None was used operationally and the design was not developed further.
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was a British two-seat quadruplane (i.e., four wing) fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War
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was a British two-seat quadruplane (i.e., four wing) fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War
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fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War
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Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
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Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Specifications, gross weight
Gross weight: 2,019 lb (916 kg)
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50 ordered, 8 built.
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was a British two-seat quadruplane (i.e., four wing) fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War
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was a British two-seat quadruplane (i.e., four wing) fighter aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War
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Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10 (1917)
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Max. speed 135 km/h 84 mph
Specification, weights
Empty weight 560 kg 1235 lb
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