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1914
1914 - 0882.PDF
/OGHTJ AUGUST 21, 1914. THE P.B.IX SCOUTING BIPLANE. HITHERTO, Mr. Pemberton Billing has confined his attention to the production of seaplanes, but, as mentioned briefly in " Eddies " last week, realising the need at the present time for military biplanes for scouting work, he set to work with commendable enterprise to produce such a machine, capable of being quickly erected and dismantled for transport, and in which the not differ materially from already existing machines of that type, but its designer has managed to incorporate several cleverly thought out details in the construction. The fuselage, which is of rectangular section, is extremely roomy, and tapers to a vertical edge at the rear. The longerons, which are of ash, converge towards the nose of the machine (when viewed from the side), where they Fro at view of P.B. IX. engine might be exchanged for another one of different horse-power in the shortest possible space of time. In the extraordinarily short period of one week, the designing, construction and finishing of this machine had been completed. The machine would have been put through its trial flights within that time limit but for the fact that there is no suitable ground in close proximity to are attached to the front engine bearer. As seen in plan, they run parallel up to the pilot's seat, whence they commence to taper gradually towards the rear. As shown in one of the accompanying sketches, the method of joining struts and cross-members to the longerons of the fuselage is similar to that employed in the Morane monoplanes, and the sketches are self-explanatory. Three-quarter front view of P.B. IX Scout. the supermarine works of Mr. Pemberton Billing at Southampton. As it was, it was tested in the air within the next two or three days, and came well up to its designer's anticipations. In its general lay-out the P.B. IX Scouting biplane does 882 Mounted between double bearings in the nose of the machine is the engine—a 50 h.p. Gnome is at present fitted, but the fuselage is wide enough to accommodate an 80 if desired—and to the rear of that inside the aluminium cowl in front of the pilot's seat are the petrol
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