title: Kaman K-17
text: # Kaman K-17
  
  The Kaman K-17 was a two-seat experimental helicopter built by Kaman in the late 1950s. It used a cold-jet rotor system.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2
  * Capacity: 700 lb (318 kg) payload
  * Empty weight: 950 lb (431 kg)
  * Max takeoff weight: 2,000 lb (907 kg)
  * Fuel capacity: 54 US gal (45 imp gal; 200 L) in a single keel mounted tank
  * Powerplant: 1 × Blackburn-Turbomeca Turmo 600 turboshaft, 400 shp (300 kW) maximum rating
  
               350 shp (261.0 kW) maximum continuous rating
               driving a Boeing 502 compressor to supply compressed air to the rotor tip-jets
  * Main rotor diameter: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
  * Main rotor area: 962.24 sq ft (89.395 $m^2)$ driven by compressed air tip-jets
  
  Performance
  
  * Cruise speed: 92 mph (148 km/h, 80 kn)
  * Endurance: 2 hours 15 minutes at sea level
  * Service ceiling: 5,000 ft (1,500 m) hover ceiling
  * Rate of climb: 1,260 ft/min (6.4 m/s)
  