Type of aircraft |
Cargoplane |
| Country | U.S. |
| Date | 1929 |
| Crew | 1 pilot |
| Wingspan | 59 ft. 0 in. |
| Lenght | 43 ft 3 in. |
| Height | 12 ft. 10 in. |
| number of passengers | 6 |
| Enginetype | Wright G1R-1820E Cyclone radial |
| Engine power |
575 Hp |
| Max. take-off weight | 7.341 lbs. |
| Cruise speed | 133 Mph, max 150Mph |
| Range | 675 miles |
| Service seeling |
14.300 ft |
| Fokker C.14A |
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| Fokker C.14 with stronger engine |
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The last Fokker Y1C-14 built was fitted with a 575 horsepower Wright Cyclone and redesignated Y1C-14 and later as C-14. While assigned to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, the Y1C-14 was used primarily as an engine test bed for the geared radial engine. In addition to the engine change, the Y1C-14 featured a smaller diameter 3-blade propeller in place of the original 2-blade prop. (The propeller is an easy way to tell the two models apart.) |
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The performance of the -A model was basically the same as with the original engine. During the 1920s the Air Corps traditionally assigned a new designation to an aircraft based on an engine change, for example the Fokker C-2 & C7; however, beginning in the early 1930s this practice changed. Instead of assigning a completely new designation, the Air Corps began assigning only new model identifiers (A, B, etc.) to indicate an updated version of an aircraft. |
