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K-17
Role	Experimental helicopter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Kaman Aircraft
First flight	1958
Status	Retired
Number built	1

The Kaman K-17 was a two-seat experimental helicopter built by Kaman in the late 1950s. It used a cold-jet rotor system.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Capacity: 700 lb (318 kg) payload
Empty weight: 950 lb (431 kg) ^{[citation needed]}
Max takeoff weight: 2,000 lb (907 kg) ^{[citation needed]}
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^[2]

driving a Boeing 502 compressor to supply compressed air to the rotor tip-jets

Performance

References

^ ^a ^b Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 319.
^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 437.

v t e Kaman aircraft
Company designations	K-16 K-17 K-20 K-125 K-190 K-225 K-240 K-600 K-700 K-1125 K-1200 K-Max KSA-100
Military designations	HOK/HTK/HUK H-22 H-43 HU2K/UH-2/HH-2/SH-2 SH-2G Q-24