# Campbell Model F > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Campbell_Model_F > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Campbell_Model_F.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Model_F > Source revision: 1329688239 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox aircraft | name = Campbell Model F | logo = | logo_size = | image = File:Campbell Model F photo L'Aerophile October 1936.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Two seat private aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [United States](/source/United_States) | manufacturer = Campbell Aircraft Co., St Joseph, MO | design_group = | designer = Mervyn Campbell | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 1 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 1935 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Campbell Model F''', a [pusher configuration](/source/pusher_configuration), two seat sport aircraft built in the 1930s, was unconventional in its day with its [empennage](/source/empennage) on twin, slim booms, a cockpit under stepless, rounded, multi-panel glazing and a [tricycle undercarriage](/source/tricycle_undercarriage). ==Design and development== The Campbell Model A was an all metal aircraft. Its [mid-set wing](/source/mid_wing) was built around single box [spars](/source/spar_(aviation)) with light fore and aft sections attached to them. These gave it a rectangular plan centre section and trapezoidal outer panels, ending in rounded tips. Long, narrow [chord](/source/chord_(aeronautics)) [ailerons](/source/ailerons) were mounted on the outer panels. There were [flaps](/source/flap_(aeronautics)) on the wing undersides near the [trailing edge](/source/trailing_edge)s. The Model F had a short, [ovoid](/source/ovoid) fuselage [nacelle](/source/nacelle) which just reached to the wing trailing edge. Its {{cvt|100|hp|kW}} adapted Ford V-8 engine was mounted on top of the nacelle on rubber blocks, positioned over the spar with its pusher [propeller](/source/propeller) barely beyond the trailing edge. Its [radiator](/source/radiator_(engine_cooling)) was just aft of the roof of its cabin, which had streamlined, multi-panel glazing rather than a windscreen. The cabin seated two side by side, sharing a central [throw-over control](/source/throw-over_control) column for training. Each seat had [rudder pedal](/source/rudder_pedal)s that could be removed for a passenger. The tail was carried on a pair of slim, [monocoque](/source/monocoque) booms from the spar at the ends of the inner wing panels, placed just far enough apart to accommodate the propeller disk. Its [tailplane](/source/tailplane) was rectangular in plan and the twin fins triangular in profile, respectively carrying a narrow chord [elevator](/source/elevator_(aeronautics)) and blunted, rectangular [rudder](/source/rudder)s. The main landing wheels, with [hydraulic](/source/hydraulic) brakes, were each on a short axle with parallel Bendix shock absorber legs to the spar. There was a V-form drag strut reaching forward. Each leg was also the forward attachment point of a tapering girder on the tailboom underside. The fork-mounted nose-wheel was steerable from the rudder pedals. ==Operational history== The Model F first flew in 1935, though the exact date is unknown. By 1937, if not earlier, it was making demonstration flights including one from [Bolling Air Force Base](/source/Bolling_Air_Force_Base). It was damaged in another demonstration and was not repaired. ==Specifications== thumb {{Aircraft specs |ref= |prime units?=imp |genhide= |crew=one |capacity=one passenger or pupil |length m= |length ft=19 |length in=4 |length note= |span m= |span ft=36 |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft=6 |height in=6 |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=145 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=1240 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=1775 |gross weight note=
*'''Payload:''' {{cvt|205|lb|kg}} |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity={{cvt|25|USgal|Impgal l}} |more general= |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=converted Ford V-8 |eng1 type= |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=100 |eng1 note=at 4,000 rpm. |more power= |prop blade number=2 |prop name=[Fahlin](/source/Ole_Fahlin) |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note= |perfhide= |max speed kmh= |max speed mph=112 |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=97 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note=
*'''Landing speed (flaps down):''' {{cvt|48|mph|km/h kn}} |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles=350 |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft=12000 |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin=350 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= }} ==References== {{Commons category}} {{cite journal |title=Campbell F|journal=Aero Digest|date=March 1937|volume=30|issue=3|page=62|url=https://archive.org/details/aerodigest3019unse/page/n275/mode/1up}} {{cite journal |date=December 1936 |title=Images|journal=L'Aéronautique|volume=211 |pages=321 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65547829/f13 }} {{cite web |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_ca.html|title=Aerofiles:Campbell|access-date=7 October 2020}} {{cite web |url=https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675053139_Flivver-plane_Mark-Woods_demonstration-flights|title=Demonstration of Campbell Model F flivver airplane at Bolling Field|access-date=5 October 2020}} Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft Category:Twin-boom aircraft Category:1930s United States sport aircraft Category:Mid-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1935 Category:Aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear Category:Single-engined piston aircraft --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Campbell Model F](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Model_F) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Model_F?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.