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1914
1914 - 0296.PDF
[/yGHT] MARCH 21, 1914. 'Flight " Copyright. The Avro seaplane. "Flight" Copyright. Chassis and main floats of the Avro seaplane. organs. The ailerons are operated by a tide-to side movement of the lever, while a to-and-fro movement actuates the elevator. A pivoted foot-bar controls the rudder. Behind the pilot's seat, and just in front of the engine, are the petrol and oil tanks, which have a capacity sufficient for a continuous flight of 4J hours. The engine, which is mounted on double bearing* in the rear of the nacelle, is almost entirely covered in by pirs of steel tube struts, and two wheels sprung in the usual way by means of rubber shock absorbers attached to the T pieces of the wheel struts. In order to diminish head resistance, the shock absorbers have been enclosed in streamline aluminium casings. The tail planes are similar to those of the tractor machines, the mounting of the fixed tail plane, however, being rather unusual, for the tail plane is not mounted on top of the tail booms, as is usually " Flight" Copyright. The air brake on the Avro scout and on right the water rudder on the Avro seaplane. an aluminium shield secured to four tubular extensions of the nacelle longerons. At their rear extremities where they converge, these extensions carry one o the engine bearers, the other being formed by a pressed steel frame mounted on the nacelle proper. For a machine of the pusher type the chassis is rather unusual, it being in fact exactly similar to the chassis fitted to the Avro tractor machines. It consists of a single central ash skid carried on two the case, but encloses the rear portion of the booms. In order to facilitate dismantling, the portion of the tail booms which is enclosed by the tail plane, is hinged to the remainder of the tail booms by a joint immediately in front of the tail plane, and the necessary rigidity at this point is obtained by cable bracing to the rudder post. The main planes are of standard Avro type, except that the dihedral angle does not extend throughout the whole length of the 'Flight" Copyright. The Avro scout. 296 "Flight" Copyright. The Avro " pusher • biplane.
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