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1911
1911 - 0811.PDF
SEPTEMBER 16, 191 I. THE WESTON-HURLIN AEROPLAN1 [pMn SPAN OF UPPER PUANC 16-^t. SPAN OF WMN Pt-*NS. 30 ^V The Weston-Hurlin aeroplane. THE accompanying sketches have been received from Messrs. Weston-Hurlin and Co., who advise us that the machine in question STEEL TIES fcLASTlC SAND is about to be tried. It will be fitted with a Webb-I'eet rotary engine, and the general lines of the machine differ, as may be seen from the sketch, from accepted practice. The main wings have a V plan form, and measure 30, ft, in span. There is a subsidiary upper plane of 16 ft. span above the junction of the wings forming a kind of canopy over the eDgine and pilot. The entire machine is mounted on a large box-girder frame, which also forms the under-carriage. In front is a leading plane, and at the rear is the tail. Some of the more interesting minor details of construction are given in the separate sketches, these including illustrations of the sections of timber employed, and the suspension of the axle on SOLID RUBBW the skids. RuMtNC- WHEEL SL'5P£NSlOh4 Elastic suspension on the Weston-Hurlin aeroplane. MAIN SPAR R6AF* SPAR. OUTSiG&ER e.N«lN6 Be/MV FIRST STRUT TO SKiD Ria SPACE. £ MAIN SPAR Sketch showing a wire tightener and an eye-bolt manufactured by Rubery Owen and Co. TOP Sketches of constructive details on ® & Rubery Owen's Wire-Tightener and Eye-Bolt. WE show in the accompanying sketch two of Messrs. Rubery Owen's useful fittings for aeroplanes. The first of these consists of a wire tightener made from a solid length of steel of circular section. A slot is cut from end to end, leav ing sufficient metal at the extremities for receiving the threaded eye- bolt. By this method of con struction the tightener is not only very light and strong, as compared with the ordinary type of wire- tightener of the same size, but it can be effectively locked by inserting split-pins through the ends of the bolts, which render it impossible for the latter to turn. The second fitting is an exceptionally strong eye-bolt made from high tensile steel. The eye is formed by twisting the end as shown. Messrs. Rubery Owen and Co., of Darlaston, specialise in all forms of steel and welded steel work for aeroplanes, such as steel framework, engine brackets, lugs, sockets, and.struts. SECTION OF SK\OS the Weston-Hurlinlaeroplane. SECTION OF 0UTRI666R SPARS. The Austrian-Daimler Aeroplane engine as fitted to the machines of the Austrian War Office. 813
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