Kaiser Fleetwings designations

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As strange as it seems, we do not have a topic for Fleetwings aircraft, so this is it.

SEE comment #18 for the latest, updated list:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fleetwings-designations.30596/post-649722
  • Fleetwings Inc., Bristol, Pennsylvania.
    Early designations had an F- prefix, which was later dropped.
  • Fleetwings Division of Kaiser Cargo Inc./Kaiser Fleetwings Inc./Kaiser Metal Products, Bristol, Pennsylvania.
    Further designations were only numeral, and in chronological order.
NOTES:
- Kaiser was only a financial backer, who had his hand in other aviation ventures, not listed here. This list is only concerned with Fleetwings-related types.
- I have only given the basic details for each type.
 
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Any drawings or pics from the Fleetwings F.101 and F.6?
 
Maveric said:
Any drawings or pics from the Fleetwings F.101 and F.6?

No image of the F-6.
 

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Great work my dear Skyblazer,

and I can add;

Model ? All-wing night fighter Project,intended to compete Dougals F3D

Correction;

Model-47 was a twin engined dive bomber Project,not naval fighter
 
From Aircraft Yearbook 1938;

A strange design came after F-5,it was called F-20 ?,it was a Project.
 

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Stargazer2006 thanks for making this post.

A XBTK-1 Pic:

XBTK-1 Dive Bombera.JPG XBTK-1 Dive Bomber_Backa.JPG

From Dad's Logbook 6A: April 2, 1945 Fleetwings XBTK-1 Navy 44313 P&W 2800 Taxi Run (first time XBTK-1 mentioned in his Logbook).

The XBTK-1 ended my Dad's testing career; his lungs were severely damaged during a dive test (as best I remember) on June 13, 1946. I still have the spin chute that saved his life:
IMG_0012a.JPG Life Save Writing1.jpg
IMG_0023.JPG IMG_0021.JPG
 
Thank you PhanDad,

and welcome aboard,what was the designation model number of XBTK-1 ?.
 
Can't help with the designation model number for the XBTK-1.

But I do have a question about the "Model 51 Kaiser-Craft" listed above. Was this a "newer" version of the Kaiser-Hammond Model Y2? In the attached article, the engine in the Y2 was stated to be a 220HP Lycoming.

Y2 article:
AEN_KH Model Y-2 Detaila.JPG

From the April 1946 issue of Aircraft Equipment News:
AEN_KH Model Y-2.JPG

I believe my Dad tested the Y2, but I don't have any logbooks as evidence. Note in the article above, the "?" and underline, I imagine the flaps weren't electrically operated. He did keep the nameplate from the Y2 which I have in my possession:

KH Model Y-2 Nameplatea.JPG
 
Hi,

Fleewings Model 52 was a rescue and utility helicopter project of 1945.
 
Hi,

Fleewings Model 52 was a rescue and utility helicopter project of 1945.

That means the Model 51 Kaiser-Craft is not true designation,and the 51 may it was for the year of production,because it was from 1950/51 ?.
 
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Hi,

Fleewings Model 52 was a rescue and utility helicopter project of 1945.

That means the Model 51 Kaiser-Craft is not true designation,and the 51 may it was for the year of
production,because it was from 1950/51 ?.

As I expected before,and from the site which my dears Mark and Alan referred to it,

Model-51 Flying Chesterfield


Also;

Kaiser-Hammond Y-Z Fleetwing Model-53
Twirly Bird Helicopter Fleetwings Model-41

 
For early designations,we can say;

Model-1 = F-101 or F-1.01
Model-2 = F-2,no details
Model-3 = F-3 as mentioned by Stargazer
Model-4 = F-4
Model-5 = F-5
Model-6 = F-6
Model-7 to Model-19,no details
Model-20 = F-20

And go on ........
 
what was the designation model number of XBTK-1 ?.
The XBTK-1 was Model 44.

Here is an updated KAISER FLEETWINGS MODELS LIST (incorporating everyone's latest finds, mine included):

MODELNAME/DESIGNATIONDATEQTY.DETAILS
F-1011931
1
Four-seat high-wing cabin monoplane with Wright R-760 engine, built primarily to demonstrate stainless steel spot welding techniques; did not fly well. Wings lengthened at some stage.
F-3No data. Does not appear on registers.
F-401 =
F-4(-Q2)
SEA BIRD (Gr. 2-540)1936
1
Four-seat high-wing cabin monoplane amphibian with 225hp Jacobs L-5 engine, designed by Cecil de Ganahl; sold to Canadian mining company, then back to U. S.
F-5SEA BIRD (ATC 680)1936
5
All stainless-steel 4-place amphibian with 285hp Jacobs L-5 or 300hp L-6 engine; C. de Ganahl and James Reddig design.
F-6SEABIRDndSingle-engined five-seat flying boat version of F-5 amphibian aircraft. Existed?
?SEABIRD 75ndNo data. Project? Typo for F-5?
F-201938
0
Project, no data.
23Army XBT-121939
1
Two-seat low-wing monoplane Army basic trainer with 450hp P&W R-985 engine; first all-stainless steel military airplane.
23ASOPHOMORE
(Army BT-12)
1942
24
Two-seat low-wing monoplane Army basic trainer. (*42-3708/3883 cancelled)
?R.A.T.ndRadio-controlled airplane (photos exist)
27Army A-11939
20-ft. span small aerial gunnery target with 60 kW (80 hp) piston engine
331941
1
Two-seat low-wing trainer with 130hp Franklin 6AC engine, Alclad construction; open tandem cockpits. Designed by Robert W. Ayer. Registered as a Kaiser type.
36Army XPQ-121941
1
Ercoupe-like plywood target plane with 190hp Lycoming O-435 engine;, "confidential Army project" with manned capability.
36Army YPQ-12-FL1941
8
Pre-production batch. First one also found as YPQ-12A. Possibly all updated to PQ-12A standard later on.
36Army XPQ-12A1941
1
Modified nose gear. Perhaps other modifications.
36Army YPQ-12A1942
30
Likely the first few examples of the PQ-12A order.
36B?Army PQ-12A1942Production batch.
37Army XBQ-11943
1
Mid-wing plywood target monoplane with two 225hp inline engine, a guided missile with provision for a pilot.
37Army XBQ-1PndVariant with opposite engines, gear legs not jettisonable.
37Army XBQ-2/A1943
1
Improved version with two 280hp radial engines, jettisonable landing gear, and 2,000 lb. bomb load.
39FURY (Army XA-39)1942
0
Attack aircraft for USAAF MX-217, mock-up only. Some sources talk of a twin-engine design, which is not what the photo of the mock-up show (maybe an early alternate proposal?)
?"All-Wing Airplane"1943
0
a.k.a. "Tailless Airplane". Flying wing cargo plane project appearing in several MIT and NACA studies, also refered to as the "Kaiser flying wing". Patent application done in Canada.
?Navy XBF-11944
0
200-ton bomber derivative of above for U. S. Navy. ("Kaiser Flying Wing")
41 (H-10)XH-10T TWIRLY BIRD1944
2*
Prototype helicopter to provide cargo ships with anti-sub protection, developed by B. Sznycer; listed as a Cargoes type (a government corporation subsidiary), but registered as a Kaiser; initially "for the British Government—with large-scale production to follow if they are successful." *Only one prototype identified, probably only one built.
44Navy XBK-11944
0
Projected light bomber; replaced by XBTK-1.
44Navy XBTK-11945
5
Single-seat torpedo bomber with one 2100hp P&W R-2800 radial engine; last one for static testing only.
46/And
0
Navy Dive Bomber proposal.
47SQUIRT1947
0
Carrier-born mixed-propulsion attack aircraft proposal ("The Two Squirt Thin Twin", described elsewhere as a naval fighter proposal)
51KAISER-CRAFT1944
0
All-metal private plane project with 200hp General Motors GM-250 engine, side-by-side seating for four ("Flying Chesterfield")
521945
0
co-axial three-place helicopter submitted for U.S. Navy Rescue & Utility Class, possibly a version of XH-10T
53Y-2 AIRCAR *1945-46
1
Four-seat low-wing cabin monoplane with 220hp Lycoming R-680 pusher engine; postwar attempt by Kaiser at modernized, air-scoopless Stearman-Hammond Y-1 (* as Kaiser-Hammond)
?1947Hughes XF-11 wings and tail built as subcontractor
?ndMartin B-57 wings built as subcontractor
?"733 Trainer"ndNo details; a version of French Morane MS.733?
KD-161*195?
0
Light Observation Helicopter turbine proposal for joint military competition, developed jointly with Doman in the late 1950s. (* as Kaiser-Doman)
 
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How to get this collection ?
They do not offer scans online, so the only way is to go there and ask to consult the archives!
Here is the document I made from that collection's listings (which I had used myself to update my list above):
 

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