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1919 - 0435.PDF
APRIL •(, 1919 E •S» A.W. 160 H.P. BIPLANE. This machine is similar to the F.K. 8, but has a Vee undercarriage. planes, an impression that is furthered by the fact that there is no centre section, the two halves of the top plane meeting at and being attached to the top of a cubam of steel tubes The earlier machines were fitted with an oleo type of under carriage, somewhat similar to that of the F.K. 3, but with the central skid cut short in front of the front under carriage struts. This is the machine shown in the accompanying scale diagrams. One of our photographs shows a some- 1.20 h.p. Beardmore, 200 Hispano-Suiza, or 250 h ; Siddeley Puma engines. The A.W. Quadruplane, Type F.K. 10 1917 Next in the series comes the A.W. " Quad.," which was first tested some time in 1917. By that time the single- seater fighting scouts were being employed in great quantities, and the question of good visibility was one of paramount TWO A.W. QUADRUPLANES. In the background is seen an experimental A.W. Biplane with 220 h.p. Sunbeam engine. what modified form, in which the oleo chassis has been supplanted by one of the ordinary Vee type. There is otherwise so little difference between the two types that we have not thought it necessary to publish scale diagrams of the second tvpe. The outward appearance is the same in both cases, with the exception of the undercarriage. The F.K. 8 is greatly liked by pilots, and is generally considered very safe and strong, while being very easy to fly. If desired for peace purposes, the machine can be adapted to take importance, a pilot whose machine obscured the view to a great extent in any direction being at a considerable dis advantage. This question of visibility was attempted to be solved in the A.W. " Quad.," in which, as will be seen from the accompanying illustrations, the stagger was very- pro nounced, while the second plane passed across some little- distance above the top of the fuselage, the third and fourth planes passing through and under the body respectively, and obstructing, owing to their narrow chord, the view to -^_ THE A.W. " ARMADILLO SINGLE-SEATER.—This machine is fitted with a B.R. 2 engine, the cowl for which is of somewhat unusual shape. 435
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