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1914
1914 - 0329.PDF
MARCH 28, 1914. Tail planes o! Ciement'Bayard monoplane, and on the right a " Klin lit " Copyright, lyard wing with steel spars. TRAlUNuIDGt 3 LEAPING TDGE " Flight" Copyright. Clement-Bayard wing construction. GRAHAME-WHITE. (GRAHAME ON this stand were shown a complete two-seater biplane and the central portion of the Grahame-White five-seater biplane which established a record at Hendon by carrying ten passengers. A third machine, the Morane *' Parasol," did not arrive in time for the Show. . The 100 h.p. Grahame-White Five-Seater is weak point. The wing bracing is somewhat unusual in (hat the lower lift and warp wires are attached to the lower longtro* of the fuselage instead of the chassis as it is usually done, to that should the latter give way in a heavy landing there is still a chance of keeping the wing bracing wires intact. This system also has the advantage that it practically does away with the possibility that collapse of the wings might result from going up in a machine, the chassis of which had been strained without actually breaking in a previous landing, but giving way once the machine was in the air. The upper bracing cables are supported on a pyramidal 1 abane and are tightened up by means of an externally threaded tube working in the internally threaded head of the caiani. Control is by means of a single central column terminating in a fixed hand wheel which merely serves as a convenient handle. Swinging the column from side to side operates the warp, whilst a lo-and-fto movement actuates the elevator. A pivoted foot-bar operates the rudder. The tail unit consists of two members only : a Italaneed elevator of the divided type, having a tubular trailing edge working in a slut in the fuselage, and a balanced rudder. In addition t<> tbe complete machine and the 850 h.p. engine described in last week's issue, there is to be seen on this stand various forms of the C.A.D. Remote Control Gear, the sgency for which is held by Messrs. Delacombe and Marechal. This gear works with remarkable ease around right angle bends, and should prove particularly suitable for the various engine controls on an aeroplane. WHITE AVIATION CO., LTD.) already known to our readers through a very detailed description in the columns of FLIGHT, and it is therefore sufficient here to state that it is fitted with a 100 h.p. Green engine, so that it is in fact an all-British machine. Nacelle and chassis of Grahame-White two-seater. Right, the pilot's cockpit. 329 Flight" Copyright. D 2
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