FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1913
1913 - 0148.PDF
lfilGHT Avro biplane has proved itself one of the most successful machines of the day. And it reflects great credit on its designer, Mr. A. V. "Flight" Copyright. The 50-h.p. Gnome-Avro biplane. Roe who, having tasted the bitter sweetness of the pioneer, has gone doggedly ahead to such success. Mr. Roe has the distinction " Flight " Copyright. The Avro all-enclosed biplane. of being the only constructor, we believe, in the world who has designed and constructed successful monoplanes, biplanes, and triplanes. Messrs. J. Samuel White and Co., Ltd. On the stand of this famous firm of Government contractors and shipbuilders, who have lately opened an aviation department under the control of Mr. Howard T. Wright, will be shown a two-seater hydro-biplane driven by a 160-h.p. Gnome motor. From our silhouette it will be seen that this interesting machine is devised somewhat on Farman lines. Unlike that machine, however, its main planes are of a special design, patented by Mr. Howard Wright, and are arranged at a slight dihedral angle. The planes are retarded and have negative tips, while double-acting ailerons are employed to " Flight " Copyright. The 160-h.p. Samuel White hydro-biplane. correct lateral roll. The main feature of the special type of aerofoil that is used on this machine is that it gives a wide speed range, and that its centre of pressure does not vary more than two per cent, for angles of incidence between such a wide range as 3° and 15". The machine is supported on two floats, built in accordance with Messrs. J. S. White & Co.'s patents covering their construction and design. Fach has three steps, and each is provided with a rudder at the rear extremity, so that the machine may be easily guided over the surface of the water. The weight of the machine fully loaded is 2,000 lbs., and it has a supporting area of 500 sq. ft. It has been designed to have a speed range of from 34 to 70 milts an hour. A non-lifting tail is used, supported by triangular outriggers. Soci^te Anonyme des Etablissements Nieuport. The well-known French Nieuport firm, who are represented in this country by M. Marc Bonnier, will be exhibiting a ioo-h.p. Gnome-engined hydro-monoplane—the identical " Hydravion " that was to be seen on the Nieuport stand at the last Paris Aero Show. Since that function, by the way, this same machine has been on show at the Brussels Exhibition, and it will be coming direct from that show to Olympia. Four similar machines have been acquired by the French Navy, and within the last fortnight three FEBRUARY 8, 1913. identical models have been supplied to the Japanese Navy. These latter machines were, it may be interesting to remark, tested on behalf of the Japanese Government by M. Bonnier. In its design there is no great difference from the Nieuport mono planes for overland work with which we are familiar in this country, excepting, of course, that the " Hydravion" is fitted with floats in place of its usual wheelbase. These floats—there are two " Flight " Copyright. The 100-h.p. Nieuport hydro-monoplane. main catamaran floats and an egg-shaped small float for the tail— are constructed to the designs of Lieut. Delage of the French Navy, and are peculiar in that each main float is fitted in front with miniature wings that prevent the nose of the float burying itself in the water and which assist in keeping spray clear of the propeller. The loo-h.p. Nieuport hydro-monoplane seats three-the pilot in front and his two passengers side by side behind. A self-starting device is fitted. The Sopwith Aviation Co. Here, on Stand No. 22, will be shown two biplanes, one a water flyer and the other a land machine. Let us take the hydro-biplane first. It is, at the moment, receiving its finishing touches at the firm's works at Kingston, and, as soon as the Show is over, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith proposes to take it out to Monaco to compete in the " Flight " Copyright. The 80-h.p. Sopwith tractor biplane. hydro-aeroplane meet there in April. It is driven by a 90-h. p. Austro- Daimler mounted on exceedingly strong ash and hickory supports, midway between the main planes. The main planes are arranged at a slight dihedral angle to one another. The machine's alighting gear consists of a double-skinned hydroplane hull built by Messrs. Saunders, the well-known yacht builders of Cowes. Tremendously M Flight " Copyright. The 90-h.p. Austro-Daimler-Sopwith hydro-biplane. strong, the hull only weighs 180 lbs., and it is wide enough abeam to seat pilot and passenger side by side. The tail is supported by tapering Farman-type outriggers, and an auxiliary elevator is arranged in front, over the bow of the hydroplane hull. The Sopwith Co.'s second machine will be a tractor biplane, similar to the one they have supplied to the Admiralty, fitted with an 80-h.p. Gnome. It is a three-seater, two observers being accom modated side by side, well forward on the body, where they have a good view. The pilot sits behind them. Control in the case of both machines is operated by a warp wheel, mounted on a vertical elevator column. Steering is done by a foot-bar. I48
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
