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1923
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FEBRUARY 15, 1923 THE BESSON H5 QUADRUPLANE FLYING BOAT : Side view, in which an idea of its proportions may beobtained by comparison with the figures and the Nieuport machine in the foreground. " - _-' \ tractor strews, are placed well forward, whilst the rear ones driving pusher screws, are nearly in line with the trailing edges of the rear pair of planes. Four Lamblin radiators are employed for cooling, and are mounted on the nacelle, one on each side under the third plane. During the tests at St. Raphael the Besson Quadruplane, which weighs, fully loaded, just over 10 tons, took off after a run of some 500 yards, and gave a speed of 81 m.p.h. with full load. The longitudinal stability was found to be good. _. .V- ;:•- The principal characteristics of the Besson H5 are :— - " - Span 95 ft. O.A. length ... '. 68 ft. 11 ins. "~ O.A. height -•-.-..• v 1 23 ft. Chord .. - . ... ' . . 6 ft. 10 ins. Gap (approx.) .:» ^ Area of main planes ., Area of stabiliser .. ' .V, Area of variable incidence Area of elevator Area of fins ... '_'.'; Area of rudder , . " ,it Area of aux. rudders Weight (full load) .. "'" ., Weight/h.p. ..•--•'• ... ' .:. Weight/sq. ft. .'. Speed .. i."" . Duration . . Fuel capacity (6 hrs.) V. Oil capacity .. - .; 5 ft. 6 ins. 2,744 sq. ft. 161-5 sq- ft. 53-8 sq.ft. 86 sq. ft. 57 sq. ft. 34-4 sq. ft. 27 sq. ft. -:. 10 tons 22 lbs. 8-2 lbs. -•--•" 81 m.p.h. - .-• 6 hrs. - -: 400 galls. '•_': 26 galls. -• r Boy Scouts and Aviation^ SPEAKING at a Dinner at the Authors' Club on Monday last—when Major Lord Hampton, I Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts, was the principal guest—General Sir William S. Brancker said the Boy Scout movement was our greatest bulwark against Bolshevism, anarchy, and Communism. It sought to educate every section of the population, and it taught patriotism, the value, of discipline, and of law and order, self-reliance, independence, freedom, and right living in the individual. The Boy Scouts, he thought, might be brought into closer touch with aviation. There were aero- dromes in several parts of the country, and he suggested thai; the Boy Scouts should be told that where such places existed the people in charge would help them in every way, would show them everything they could, and give them joy-rides. Boy Scouts and Aviation would thus help each other. ^ An A.D.C. Modification: This D.H.9 has been altered considerably by the Aircraft Disposal Company, andamong other changes will be observed the substitution of Lamblin radiators for the usual nose radiators. 90
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