Junkers K 16

{{Short description|Small German airliner}} {{No footnotes|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = K 16 | logo = | logo_size = | image = Junkers K 16.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Airliner]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[Germany]] | manufacturer = [[Junkers]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 17 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 3 March 1921 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}

The '''Junkers K 16''' was a small airliner produced in [[Germany]] in the early 1920s. It was a conventional, high-wing [[Cantilever#Aircraft|cantilever]] [[monoplane]] of all-metal construction, equipped with fixed, [[Conventional landing gear|tailwheel undercarriage]]. The pilot sat in an open [[cockpit]], while the two passengers were provided with an enclosed [[Aircraft cabin|cabin]] within the [[fuselage]]. Shortly after the [[prototype]] flew, aircraft production in Germany was brought to a complete halt by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], and the K 16 was quickly evacuated to the Netherlands to avoid confiscation. There, it was stored by [[Fokker]] until the restrictions were relaxed and work recommenced at Junkers' [[Dessau]] factory in 1924. By this time, however, the airline niche that the tiny K 16 had been intended to fill no longer existed, and the small number that were produced were mostly sold to private owners. Junkers entered two K 16s in the 1925 [[Deutsche Rundflug]], with one machine winning second place in the competition.

==Variants== [[File:Junkers_K.16ce_L'Air_January_15,1926.jpg|240px|thumb|Junkers K.16ce photo from L'Air January 15, 1926]] [[File:Walter NZ-120 a letadlo Junkers K 16bo.jpg|240px|thumb|Engine Walter NZ-120 und Junkers K 16bo]] [[File:Awionetka Junkers K16 NAC 1-S-1105-1.jpg|240px|thumb|Junkers K16 in Kraków, 1928]] * '''K 16''' - initial version with [[Siemens-Halske Sh 4]] engine, later changed to Sh 5 ** '''K 16a''' - modified undercarriage and rear fuselage (modified from prototype) ** '''K 16b''' - production versions with new wing and a variety of engine choices: *** '''K 16ba''' - [[Siemens-Halske Sh 5]] engine *** '''K 16bi''' - [[Siemens-Halske Sh 20]] engine *** '''K 16bo''' - [[Walter NZ 120]] engine ** '''K 16c''' - as K 16b but with modified nose section to accommodate engine change *** '''K 16ce''' - [[Bristol Lucifer]] engine

==Specifications (K 16 prototype)== [[File:Junkers K16, skica (Letectví, August-September 1925).jpg|thumb|Three-view drawing of K16]] {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met |crew=One pilot |capacity=2 passengers |length m=8.00 |length ft=26 |length in=3 |span m=11.00 |span ft=36 |span in=1 |height m=2.75 |height ft=9 |height in=0 |wing area sqm=16.50 |wing area sqft=178 |empty weight kg=430 |empty weight lb=950 |gross weight kg=850 |gross weight lb=1,870 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Siemens-Halske Sh 4]] |eng1 kw=49 |eng1 hp=65 |max speed kmh=145 |max speed mph=91 |range km=600 |range miles=375 }}  {{aircontent  |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= |lists= }}

==References== {{commons category|Junkers K 16}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=546 }} * {{cite journal |title=The Round-Germany Flight |journal=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=28 May 1925 |pages=322 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200322.html |accessdate=2008-08-17}} * [http://hugojunkers.bplaced.net/junkers-k16.html Hugo Junkers Homepage] * [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/juk16.html Уголок неба]  ==Further reading== * {{cite book |last = Zuerl |first = Walter |title = Deutsche Flugzeug Konstrukteure |location = München, Germany |publisher = Curt Pechstein Verlag |year = 1941 }} {{Junkers aircraft}}

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