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1932
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FLIGHT, JULY 8, 1932 THE PERCIVAL GULL " (HERMES IV) : This is a new type, with seating accommodation for pilot and two passengers. (FLIGHT Photo.) which the various types of machines will have to do. If we assume that the first seven machines are handicapped to do 110 m.p.h. around the course, it is found that, to arrive simultaneously with them at the end of the race, the Avro " Mailplane " will have to do 181 m.p.h. This gives us the two extremes, between which the other machines are grouped, and it is then possible to calculate what speeds the others will have to do. We have made no attempt at great accuracy, as in any case we are basing our calculations on somewhat doubtful assumptions, but on the basis of 110 m.p.h. for the limit men and 181 m.p.h. for the scratch machine, we arrive at the following figures:—Machines 1-7 inclusive, 110 m.p.h.; Nos. 11, 12 and 14, 114 m.p.h.; Nos. 21-26, 121 m.p.h.; NOS. 27-32, 121.5 m.p.h.; Nos. 33-36, 122 m.p.h.; Nos. 40 and 41, 125 m.p.h.; Nos. 42 and 43, 127 m.p.h.; Nos. 48 and 49, 135 m.p.h.; Nos. 51 and 52, 141 m.p.h., and No. 53 (scratch), 181 m.p.h. If the handicappers have assumed a higher speed than 110 m.j.h. for the first seven machines, all the other speeds will, of course, have to be proportionately higher. The new Types It has not been considered necessary to refer in this week's issue to all the aircraft types which are taking part in the King's Cup Race. Most of them are already well known to our readers. A few words about the new types may, however, be of interest. The Comper " Swift " (Gipsy III), one of which has been entered by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, has already been described and illustrated in FLIGHT. It will, however, be making its first public appearance at Brooklands to-day. The Arrow " Active II " (Gipsy III) is a development of the " Active I " (Hermes II B), and is a very clean- looking design. It is a single-seater suitable for advanced training in aerobatics, etc., and is a biplane with the lower wing of much smaller span and chord than the top, so that it might almost be termed a " sesquiplane." Structurally the " Active II " is a very fine piece of work indeed, and its structure may, without suffering greatly thereby, be compared with that of any service type of aircraft. The machine is being flown by Mr. Leech, and the combination should be a very useful one. The Percival " Gull " (Hermes IV) is a low-wing cabin monoplane three-seater, fitted with the new " Hermes IV ' inverted engine. By using the inverted engine and giving the decking in front of the windscreen a downward slope, the pilot's view has become very good indeed. The machine is very " clean," and should give a good account of itself. This is evidently also the view of the handi cappers, who have only given it 2 hr. 13 min. start over the Avro " Mailplane " for the total course of 1,223 miles. A new combination will be the De Havilland " Moth " to be flown by Capt. Hubert Broad. This machine is a wooden " Moth " fitted with the new De Havilland " Gipsy III A " engine, similar to that fitted in Capt. Hope's " Fox Moth." In general appearance the machine resembles somewhat the " Tiger Moth," but has not the stagger and swept-back wings of that machine. FITTED WITH A NEW ENGINE : The de Havilland " Fox Moth " to be piloted by Capt. Hope has the new " Gipsy IIIA " engine which recently passed its type tests. (FLIGHT Photo.)
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