MKEK-6

MKEK-6
Role	two-seat training glider
National origin	Turkey
Manufacturer	Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
Number built	1

The MKEK-6 was a two-seat training glider designed and built in Turkey by Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (Makina Kimya endustrisi Kurumu) (MKEK), during the early 1950s.

Design and development

The MKEK-6 was a high-wing, two-seat, training glider with a wooden monocoque, circular cross-section fuselage. The wooden-construction wing was a single-spar structure with constant taper in chord and thickness. The tail unit was conventional and the undercarriage consisted of a skid under the fuselage nose, a main-wheel aft of the skid and a tail-skid at the extreme aft end of the fuselage. The enclosed cockpit sat two occupants in side-by-side configuration, with dual controls.^[1]

Specifications (MKEK-6)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59.^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 22.83 m² (245.7 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 11.2
Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
Gross weight: 420 kg (926 lb)

Performance

Maximum speed: 181 km/h (112 mph, 98 kn) maximum in smooth air
Stall speed: 53.5 km/h (33.2 mph, 28.9 kn)
Never exceed speed: 502 km/h (312 mph, 271 kn)
Wing loading: 18.4 kg/m² (3.8 lb/sq ft)

References

^ ^a ^b Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 248.

[JAWA58-59-1] Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 248.

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