FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1912
1912 - 1028.PDF
JOSH?] spray. The propeller, by the way, is further armoured at the tips. A change has been made in the building of the fuselage to strengthen it to withstand the heavier strains that landing in the water calls upon it to bear. In this machine, the vertical struts in the body are " Flight " Copyright. The 100-h.p. Nteuport hydrc-monoplane. of steel tubing, although the longitudinals and other portions of the body are still made of wood. Two passengers can be accommodated in a wide seat immediately behind the pilot. He, the pilot, has before him, in addition to his controls and instruments, a starting-handle, by which he can put the motor in motion without exterior help. Savary. SINCE last year this firm do not seem to have changed their methods at all, and they remain almost the only firm of biplane manufacturers that have not been influenced by the monoplane trend in biplane design. Their present machine is fitted with a 75-h.p. Renault which is mounted in a rather neater manner than the engine on last year's machine. This point we illustrate. They are SAVARI " Flight " Copyright. Showing the method of mounting the 75-h.p. Renault motor on the Savary biplane. also showing, in a semi-finished state, a hydro-monoplane, the chief peculiarities of which are that it has a metal torpedo body and that the wings are stayed from the floats by an hmibannage of steel tubing. R.E.P. AMONGST the hydro-monoplanes there is little doubt but that the R.E.P. two-seater is the favourite, partly because of its attrac tive appearance, but mainly because of the excellence that is shown in its construction and design throughout. When resting on the water its main weight is sustained by one large Fabre float 10 ft. wide, and measuring 8 ft. from front to back. A single float seems ^ to harmonise with the general appearance of a monoplane a great deal better than a pair of pontoon-like floats such as most of the other constructors fit. In assembling this float to the fuselage the same system of flexible suspension is made use of that is employed on the standard land machine. It is the only hydro aeroplane shown at the Salon in which provision is made for the absorption of any shock that may be caused by landing suddenly upon the water. In addition to this, the construction of the Fabre float materially assists in deadening the shock. This, in fact, is M. Henri Fabre's chief claim for his floats, that they are flexible and give to a certain extent under the hammering influence of the waves. The bottom of his floats are covered with three-ply wood 5 mm. in thickness. There are no transverse struts to support this, except one at the leading edge, for, were they fitted, it would NOVEMBER 9, 1912. render the float too solid for M. Fabre's liking. The top of the float is covered in with strong fabric, tested to withstand a tension of 7,000 kilos, per square metre. As for the remainder of the machine, it is purely standard in every respect, and remains one of the most notable examples of monoplane construction existing. It is interesting to mention that the machine M Flight " Copyright. The 80-h.p. R.E.P. hydro-monoplane. shown on this stand is the identical one with which- Molla carried off the first speed prize at the Tamise hydro-aeroplone meeting in Belgium some time since. It is equipped with an 80-h.p. Gnome engine. Zodiac. THE Zodiac biplane has made no visible change at all since last year, except for the addition of a transparent shield above the pilot's and passengers' seats. Our sketches show this point, and also give a general idea of the machine. It must be a wonderfully efficient biplane, for it must be no'mean weight, and it does all sorts of passenger-carrying work with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine. The high aspect ratio of its planes must be *°<1>*c " Flight " Copyright. The pilot's seat of the Zodiac biplane, covered in with non-inflammable celluloid to protect the occupant from the rush of wind. responsible for this, as well as the saving in head resistance of a neat and clean chassis. One thing, by the way, we must mention ; it is extremely welcome—after having had explained a dozen or so machines in rapid French—to come across one who speaks such excellent English as M. J. Labouchere, who flies the Zodiac, and who is looking after the firm's interest at the Salon. (To be continued.) ® ® ® ® A Hydro-Aeroplane in Paris. ON the 1st inst., Chemet, on the Borel hydro-aeroplane, started from Argenteuil and alighted on the Seine, just by the Alexander III bridge, which is quite close to the Grand Palais, where the machine was moored for the night. This is the first time that a hydro-aeroplane has alighted in Paris. The next day he went off with a passenger, and came down at the St. Cloud Bridge, afterwards going on to Auteuil, then to the Sevres Bridge, coming down finally at Bezons. Guillaux Over Paris Salon. FURTHER opportunities of seeing an aeroplane flying over the Gay City were afforded Parisians on the 30th ult. and the 1st inst., when Guillaux on his Clement-Bayard monoplane repeated '.his exploit of flying from Issy and circling above the Grand Palais. I028
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
