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1928
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OCTOBER 25, 1928 'Illllllrnmnnn AERO (Continued from page 922.) The Farman F. 190 As it was exhibited at the Paris Show in July, there is little need to give here a very detailed description of the Farman F.I90 " Family Touring " or small passenger machine. It is, however, interesting to learn from the Farman representa- tive on the French stand at the I.LA. that the machine has now been flight tested, and that as a result of these tests seven machines have been ordered, thus marking in a small way the beginning of mass production. The Farman F. 190 is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane mainly of wood construction, and fitted with one of the new Gnome-Rhone 230 h.p. " Titan " engines. The machine is of very neat appearance, and quite small and compact for its normal load of pilot and four passengers. The wing has a span of 14 m. (45 ft. 11 in.) and an area of 39 sq. m. (420 sq. ft.). The tare weight is 750 kg. (1,650 lbs.), and the permissible load of 850 kg. (1,870 lbs.) may be made up of 300 kg. (660 lbs.) of fuel and oil and 550 kg. (1,210 lbs.) of useful load in the form either of pilot and four passengers or pilot and freight to the equivalent weight. The ratio of useful load to tare weight is astonishing if these figures are correct. One almost suspects that the 1,210 lbs. of useful load must represent an overload, and that the normal useful load is much smaller. For instance, the weight of pilot and four passengers, assuming each to weigh 160 lbs., would only amount to 800 lbs. The top speed is given as 185 km. 'h. (115 m.p.h.), and the absolute ceiling as 5,400 m. (17,700 ft). With the amount of fuel quoted, the range is stated to be 800 km. (500 miles). The Focke Wulf " Habicht " In addition to the larger " Moewe " described last week, the Foc.ke Wulf firm exhibit a small " feeder line " type of machine, the " Habicht " (Hawk), with Wright " Whirlwind " engine. The works series designation of this machine is A.20A, the " Habicht " being known, when fitted with a 120 Mercedes-Benz engine, as the type A.20, and as the A.28 when the power plant is the Bristol " Titan " engine. In either case the machine is of typical Focke-Wulf design : a cantilever monoplane with a wing of " Zanonia leaf " plan form, which is claimed to improve lateral stability, even at angles past the stall. The cantilever monoplane wing is built entirely of wood, a large box-section spar forming the main structure, but the leading edge also being planked with ply-wood. The whole is afterwards covered with fabric. The fuselage has ply- wood covering over the cabin portion, and the forward part, engine mounting and pilot's cockpit, is aluminium covered. The small cabin has four seats, and as the machine is very low on the ground, entrance is direct through the door in the port side, without the use of steps. The pilot sits ahead of the wine:, partly under the leading edge. m m m m m m m On the [French stand : In the foreground the Nieuport - Delage commercial' monoplane. I n the extreme corner, a wing tip of the Potez 32. In the centre, the old Breguet " Nungesser- Coli." To the right of that the sm'all Farman monoplane. And at the back, the Bleriot 111 and the fuselage of the Farman twin- engined machine. W: m m m m m a ffi 931
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