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1923 - 0289.PDF
MAY.31, 1923J ~'y7;' ^t '„. - ' '. ^ \ • ' ' '•'••'•• A NEW FRENCH ALL-METAL AEROPLANE Th? Michel Wibault 3 C.I. GREAT efforts are being made in France with all-metal con- cannot help wondering a little whether it is a case of " all struction, and whether or not one agrees with the manner in being out of step except'our John." Among the French which French engineers attack the problem, one must admit designers who have long^occupied themselves with metal ^^ -A , m m The Wibault 3 C.I. : Tfaree- quarter front view. :' that they are very much in earnest, and that very considerable progress is being made. It is a somewhat curious fact that whereas in this country we are not allowed to use Duralumin m m construction is M. Michel Wibault,who exhibited a metal wing as long ago as the 1921 Paris Aero Show. Sketches of this wing were published in our issue of January 12, 1922. This The Wibault 3 C.I. : Rear view. for highly-stressed parts, both in Germany and in France this material is being extensively used, and, apparently, with no ill effects on the strength and life of machines/ One wing, which, like the rest of the B.K. 2, was built by Pierre Levasseur, was, at that time, well ahead of the majority of other French-designed metal wings, being reasonably cheap as-7 MICHEL WIBAULTTYPE 3C1 3OOt-P HISPANO-RATEAU ENGINE ti i l"l»rr*i 7'- 3" AREA O> MAIN PLANE AREA OF TAIL PLANE "~ 2O&<)fr. AREA OF ELEVATORS . 14-6 b^tt AREA Ot PIN i 75 5^ AtiEA Of RUDDER ... • i 5^ Fr THE MICHEL WIBAULT 3 C.I. : General arrangement drawings. C 2
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