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Converted from a classic Grumman Goose, the experimental Kaman K-16B was conceived as a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) test aircraft. The basic fuselage and tail of the amphibian was matted to a new tilting wing (just 50º of tilt) and a pair of GE YT58 turboprop engines. This contraction was created by the "mainly helicopter" company Kaman Aircraft for the US Navy in 1959 as a fast approach to explore the tiltwing VTOL concept.
Spellbinding photo of the K-16B at the NASA Ames huge wind tunnel. It was the nearest it came to a "flight". The K-16B underwent extensive wind tunnel there. Some tethered tests were undertaken, but the aircraft remained unflown by the time the project was cancelled in 1962.
Spellbinding photo of the K-16B at the NASA Ames huge wind tunnel. It was the nearest it came to a "flight". The K-16B underwent extensive wind tunnel there. Some tethered tests were undertaken, but the aircraft remained unflown by the time the project was cancelled in 1962.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
johnbr
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buffnut453
Captain
Do you think the designer had a strut fetish? i don't think I've ever seen an aircraft with so much bracing and struttery.
fubar57
General
Love the Goose shot
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Martin P6M SeaMaster ...
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
fubar57
General
Good eyes Aaron. I wonder if it's along the lines of this....
...not this autogyro but something similar
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
I am thinking you are probably correct Geo, and maybe it was part of a photo shoot for the aircraft. Just a guess.
Took this photo at the Cradle of Aviation Museum
