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1911
1911 - 0437.PDF
MAY 20, 1911. L/Qli THE HENRY FARMAN MONOPLANE. ALTHOUGH the name of Farman is inseparably associated with biplanes, readers of FLIGHT are aware that Mr. F'arman has been for some time successfully experimenting with a monoplane of his engine that drives the propeller. Also, as may be observed, the entire rectangular girder lrame constituting the body is covered with surfacing material. At its rearmost extremity is the cruciform own design. We are now able to give the accompanying photo graph of the machine in question. Perhaps the most striking feature of the external appearance of the machine is the neat casing that completely encloses the 50-h.p. Gnome rotary air-cooled tail comprising an elevator and rudder. In the trailing extremities of the main wings are hinged balancing planes. The span of the machine is o metres (nearly 30 ft.) and the overall length 85 metres (28 ft.). The supporting area is 17 sq. metres (about 183 sq. ft.). THE LATEST FARMAN BIPLANE. THE accompanying photograph shows the latest F'arman military bi plane, of the successful experiments with which readers of FLIGHT have already heard. The first and most noticeable point to be observed is, of course, the absence of the front elevator. In this machine observed that the two rudder planes are in line with the elevator so that the fixed tail plane is wholly in advance of all the movable members. This machine has the extended upper main plane characteristic of the Farman miliiary type, and the method of wmBBBKKEUOKBXGERBBEBSSSKm&KBm fore and aft equilibrium is obtained entirely by the use of a tail elevator, which forms a hinged extension on the horizontal tail plane. It will also be noticed that this elevating plane is of fairly high »pect ratio as also are the balancing planes in the trailing edges of the upper main planes. The tail as a whole and the tail outrigger have a light workmanlike appearance and it may also be trussing the upper front spar, by wires passing over steel brackets forming extensions of the outermost struts, forms an interesting minor detail relating thereto. The machine is fitted with a. Gnome rotary engine. In the above photograph Mr. Farman i* seen talking to Lieutenant Menard, one of the foremost biplane pilots of the French Army. 439
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