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 |type=Two-seat cabin monoplane
 |manufacturer=[[Akron Aircraft Company]]<br>[[Funk Aircraft Company]]
 |designer=Howard and Joe Funk
 |first_flight=1933
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The '''Funk Model B''' is a 1930s [[United States|American]] two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Howard and Joe Funk.  Originally built by the [[Akron Aircraft Company]] later renamed [[Funk Aircraft Company]].

==Development==
The Model B was the first powered aircraft designed by brothers Howard and Joe Funk, whose previous experience was in homebuilt [[Glider (sailplane)|gliders and sailplanes]]. The Model B was a strut-braced high-wing [[monoplane]] with a [[Empennage|conventional tail unit]] and fixed [[Conventional landing gear|tailwheel landing gear]]. The design uses mixed construction with fabric-covered wooden wings and a welded steel-tube fuselage. The aircraft was powered by the brothers' own [[Funk Model E|Model E]] [[Piston engine|engine]] developed from a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] "B" motor-car engine. The prototype first flew in late 1933.<ref>Simpson, 2005, p. 141</ref>

==Production and operations==
When the test flights proved to be successful the brothers formed the [[Akron Aircraft Company]] in 1939 to build the Funk B. After production began, the engine was changed to a 75&nbsp;hp (56&nbsp;kW) [[Lycoming GO-145-C2]] horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine and was re-designated the '''Model B-75-L'''.

In 1941 the company moved from [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] to [[Kansas]] and the company was renamed the [[Funk Aircraft Company]]. Production was stopped during the [[World War II|Second World War]] and one aircraft was impressed into service in 1942 with the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as the '''UC-92'''.

After the war in 1946 production was resumed using a [[Continental C85-12]] engine and the aircraft was redesignated the '''Model B-85-C''' and named the '''Bee'''. It did not sell well and production was halted in 1948. 380 aircraft of all variants had been built.

==Variants==
[[File:Funk B85C N1654N OSH 28.07.10R edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|1948-built Funk B85C at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 2010]]
[[File:Funk Model B85C CF-HAR 01.JPG|thumb|right|Funk B85C in the [[Saskatchewan Western Development Museum]]]]
[[File:Funk B75L (N284EW).jpg|thumb|right|Funk B85L]]
[[File:FunkB-85-C-Engine.jpg|thumb|right|B-85-C [[Continental C85-12]] engine]]
;Model B
:Prototype and initial production aircraft with [[Funk E]] engine.
;Model B-75-L
:Pre-war production aircraft with a 75hp (56 kW) [[Avco Lycoming GO-145-C2]] piston engine.
;Model B-85-C Bee
:Post-war production aircraft with a [[Continental C85-12]] engine.
;UC-92
:Army designation for one impressed Model B-75-L (s/n 42-79548).

==Specifications (B-85-C)==
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==See also==
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|lists=
*[[List of military aircraft of the United States]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* John Andrade, U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, {{ISBN|0-904597-22-9}} (Page 171)
* Bridgman, Leonard. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52''. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd, 1951.
* Simpson, Rod, Airlife's World Aircraft, 2001, Airlife Publishing Ltd, {{ISBN|1-84037-115-3}} (Page 248)
* Simpson, Rod. The General Aviation Handbook. 2005. Midland Publishing. {{ISBN|1-85780-222-5}}
* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing

==External links==
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* [http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepFunk.html "We Fly the Funkiest (did we actually say that) Classic Around,"] by Budd Davisson, November 1990, ''Air Progress''

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