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1924
1924 - 0655.PDF
I OCTOBER 9, 1924 BRI5T0L "BROWNIE" SHORT "'5ATELLITE A FEW UNORTHODOX TAIL SKIDS ON LYMPNE MACHINES : The Bristol is a leaf-spring and the Avro a bent tube. The Short has a long straight, tubular skid, and the Westlands a horizontal Vee with compression spring to the stern-post. Bee" (70-11 m.p.h.); lowest slow-speed : Parnall "Pixie IIIA " (37-22 m.p.h.). Shortest take-off: Bristol " Brownie " (215 yards). Shortest pull-up: Hawker "Cygnet" (66-7 yards). Longest time in air : Cranwell " CJ..A.2 " (17 hours 53 mins. 18 sees.). Greatest distance flown : Cranwell, "C.L.A.2" (767^ miles). Last week we were able to record the progress being made up till Tuesday evening. Although the actual results of the Lympne competitions are outlined above, it is felt that our readers would appreciate a more detailed reference to the work done during the week, and we therefore propose to give below a brief day-to-day summary of the various attempts made by the competitors to gain the upper hand in the different sections of the competitions, commencing with Wednesday-morning, October 1. Wednesday, October 1.—The weather conditions being favourable, the slow-speed course of 500 yards was marked out on the aerodrome by red flags on short poles, taller poles similarly marked being erected at each end of the course. Competitors were required to fly four laps of the course, two BEARDMORC "WEE BEE I" 5UPERMARINE "5PARR0W »NE : This set of sketches shows representative types of chassis as fitted on UNDERCARRIAGES AT_LVM£N£ ; d „ the Cranwell •• c.L.A.2," and the Hawker " Cygnets have nine of the machines. The vickers *«« . Westland "Wood Pigeon " and the Short " Satellite " have normal rubber-sprung under^V?| s'roW >> has telescopic tubes with rubber cords over crutches, and the oleo '' legs.'' The SuP,erma^Ln?^ube™ le without springing. The Bristol '' Brownies '' have single chassis Beardmore ''Wee Bee '• a single benNtubea^lewitn^ jMing * ^ cantilever axle. So, also, are the wheels of struts braced fore andI aft by wire^ ^^ ^ chassis struts themselves are cantilevers, with compression-rubber the Parnall rixie ma, °u „V.***.L- ahcnrhAra shock absorbers. 655
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