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to avoid the transverse bracing which somewhat marred the comfort of the converted machines. There are 15 seats inside the cabin, the odd number being due to the door in the port side, which occupies the space of one seat. Should JANUARY 15, 1920 by elliptical section tubes. The machine presented no arranged, the fuselage structure having been so designed asunusual features, and calls for no comment. „ The Handley Page W 8Particulars'of the new Handley Page, W 8, have already been published in previous issues of FLIGHT, and it may - -now be added that in the large machine class the machine any passenger feel the need for a few minutes' seclusion during the journey, there is a small compartment ior this purpose immediately aft of the main cabin and connected with it by a door. The pilot and a mechanic are seated in an open cockpit in front, and between this and the main cabin is a luggage compartment, for, of course, passengers on a modern Handley Page are not expected to restrict their luggage to a tooth-brush. The main planes are of approximately rectangular plan form, with the corners rounded off. In addition to the engine struts, there are two pairs of apruce struts on each side. The bracing is by streamline wire. Ailerons are fitted to top and bottom planes, the method of balancing them being indicated in one of the accompanying sketches. An in- teresting feature of the H.P. W 8 is its undercarriages, which are now of a very simple form, as shown in the sketch. There are two simple Vees of steel tube, one Vee being anchored at the top to the fuselage, the other to the bottom plane where occurs the engine mounting. There are two wheels to each undercarriage, each being placed on the outside of its Vee. Transverse bracing is by a diagonal tube, the system including universal joints to allow of unequal travel of the two wheels. The whole structure looks very simple a p. "Flight" Copyright THE HANDLEY PAGE W 8 : Sketch of one of the undercarriages, and details of the universal joints was one of the most admired at the show. The French President appears to have shared this opinion, for the W 8 was the first large machine into which he entered. From an engineering point of view certainly the Handley Page can more than hold its own against any of the other large machines exhibited. The cabin has been extremely well H-P- " Flight" Copyright ON THE HANDLEY PAGE W 8 : Method of balancing ailerons for such a large machine, and would appear to have a very low resistance. The shock-absorbers are contained in the casings on the front vertical struts. Mounted comp iratively high in the wing gap are the two Napier Lion engines, which are enclosed in streamline engine nacelles with nose radiators. The fuel tanks, which hold oooooooo o :.-; • : .,. ...- o o o The Handley O Page, seen from Qabove : In the large machine class, this was probably the finest all-round cabin 'bus in the exhibition " Flight " Copyright O ;©•. o o o o o ...... .._ . g o o o oooooooo 6$
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