title: BK Fliers BK-1
text: # BK Fliers BK-1
  
  The BK Fliers BK-1 is a single seat homebuilt aircraft.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Bk-1 was designed and built by Bruce King in 2004 after building a modified Hummel Bird. It was patterned after the Hummel Bird, with a full VW engine and larger cockpit and surfaces.
  
  The BK-1 is an all-aluminum, monocoque/semi-monocoque, single-engine, low-wing airplane, with either conventional or tricycle landing gear. The BK-1.3 is a modified version, 30% larger than the original, with full-span flaperons.
  
  ## Variants
  
  * BK-1: Original version, originally with conventional landing gear
  * BK-1.3: 30%-larger version, originally with tricycle gear
  
  ## Specifications (BK-1)
  
  Data from Manufacturer
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
  * Wingspan: 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
  * Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
  * Empty weight: 450 lb (204 kg)
  * Gross weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
  * Fuel capacity: 15 U.S. gallons (57 L; 12 imp gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × VW Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company Volkswagen air-cooled engine, 60 hp (45 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 126 kn (145 mph, 233 km/h)
  * Cruise speed: 110 kn (130 mph, 210 km/h)
  * Stall speed: 38 kn (44 mph, 71 km/h) Flaperons deployed
  * Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
  