BAT Baboon

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name = F.K.24 Baboon
type = Two-seat Trainer
manufacturer = British Aerial Transport Company Limited


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designer = Frederick Koolhoven and Robert Noorduyn
first flight = 1918
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The BAT F.K.24 Baboon was a British two-seat training biplane produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited of London during World War I.

Design and development

Using experience gained designing the Bantam, aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven (assisted by Robert Noorduyn) designed an elementary trainer, a two-bay biplane known as the F.K.24 Baboon. The aircraft had a flat-sided fuselage and an uncowled 170hp (127kW) A.B.C.Wasp engine. Six aircraft were planned but only one was built in July 1918. The only notable act was when it won the Hendon Trophy Race over a 20-mile (32-km) circuit in July 1919. The Baboon was scrapped in 1920.

pecifications (F.K.24 Baboon)

aircraft specification

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length main= 22 ft 8 in
length alt= 6.91 m
span main= 25 ft 0 in
span alt= 7.62 m
height main= 8 ft 10 in
height alt= 2.69 m
area main= 259 ft²
area alt= 24.06 m²
empty weight main= 950 lb
empty weight alt= 431 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 1,350 lb
max takeoff weight alt=612 kg
engine (prop)=A.B.C Wasp I radial engine
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number of props=1
power main= 170 hp
power alt= 127 kw
max speed main= 90 mph
max speed alt= 145 km/h
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10006 9

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