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1919
1919 - 0665.PDF
MAY 22, 1919 THE B.A.T. BANTAM.—On the left one side of the undercarriage. On the right the tubular guides which check vibration of the lift and landing wires the Bantam is not of exceptionally great cross section, the pilot's cockpit is very roomy, this being one of the many advantages of the monocoqiie construction, which does not waste space on internal girders and bracing. Mounted on a flat sheet steel capping plate over the extreme nose of the fuselage—the main structure of which is rectangular at this point, although made up to a circular section by the surrounding cowl—is the 170 h.p. A.B.C. " Wasp " engine. Slots in the cowling admit air to the cylinders, and the air escapes at the engine plate through various passages cut in the cowl. In so doing the air is forced to negotiate some rather sharp bends, which have, however, been avoided in a later type (the Basilisk), in which the air, after passing each cylinder, is allowed to escape via cone-shaped cavities in the. engine cowling. The oil tank is mounted immediately behind the engine, while the main petrol tank, which has a capacity of 22| galls., is accommodated in the fuselage behind the pilot's cockpit. With regard to the wings, these are mainly remark able for a somewhat low gap-chord ratio. This is a THE B.A.T. BANTAM.—Outer front inter-plane strut attachment to bottom spar, and binge for aileron pulley THE BA.T. BANTAM— The landing wires of the inner bay are attached to the lugs on the side of the fuselage, from which point steel straps run to the top of the bulkhead, connecting the external landing wires to the top Ml spar attachment. Inset is indicated the manner of attaching the top spars to the top of the^bulkhead 665
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