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1912
1912 - 0281.PDF
MARCH 30, 1912. THE NEW AVRO BIPLANE. EXCEPTING that the general disposition of its respective parts is A point worth mentioning in connection with the body is that its the same, the^new Avro biplane can hardly be recognised as a top surface is flat, and when the machine is in level flight is, THE NEW AVRO BIPLANE.—View from the front. modification of the little machine on 'which Pixton attained his early successes and demonstrated the practi cability of carrying a passenger cross-country with an engine of as low horse-power as 35. Although it is in effect an original model to most of those who keenly follow the trend of design in this country, it is, in reality, several months old, for it was an almost identical machine that the Avro firm supplied to Mr. J. Duigan in September last. The only points of difference in the two machines are that, this present machine being a two-seater, a more powerful motor is installed, and dimensions are slightly increased throughout. The triangular section body of the early machine has been superseded by one of rectangular section, built to an approximate streamline form, and so deep in the region of the cockpit that much head resistance and much personal discomfort of the pilot and passenger are avoided by virtue of the fact that only their heads emerge from its depths through the well-padded openings on top. Other advantages does this deep iorm offuselage possess. The lower plane may be attached to it in a manner very similar to the attachment of monoplane wings ; the chassis struts may be considerably shortened, thus making for more robustness in the landing gear. To facilitate transport the body may be dismantled into two sections. The crossbracing of the fuselage—it is of the ordinary girder type—is the same standard Avro system that has already been explained and illustrated in these columns. The front section of the new Avro bipiane# [7JJGHT]
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