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Aviation History
1932
1932 - 0956.PDF
FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932 THREE-QUARTER REAR VIEW OF BOEING " TOTEM a pusher. The " Wasp Jr." engine is installed as Controls The controls are so arranged that cne set can be removed if dual is not required. The usual control stick and foot bar operate the con trol surfaces via steel tube pull-and- push rods carried on special roller bearings. The rods which operate the elevator and the tailplane trim ming are neatly arranged inside the fin, so that a few feet of rudder rod is all that is exposed. It is reported that on tests the machine has been found to handle nicely both in the air and on the water. If the engine is suddenly shut off during flight, the machine auto matically drops its nose and, after about three slow oscillations, settles down to a steady glide. At cruising speed the machine is said to fly " hands and feet off." It is not without interest to com pare the " Totem " with the Saro " Cutty Sark," which is the nearest British machine in power, weight and wing area. The " Cutty Sark " has a smaller gross weight (3,700 lower power (210 b.h.p.) and 1 wing area (320 sq. ft.). Thus would expect the " Cutty Sark have a lower top speed and a] lower landing speed, which act it has. The speed range of the machines is almost identical, ratio of gross weight to tare wi of the " Cutty Sark " is better that of the " Totem." The mini] drag coefficient of the two mach as expressed by the Everting " I Speed Figure," is almost idenl this figure being -ZL = 12.77 foi " Totem " and 12.23 for the " C Sark." It is interesting to find apparently there is little differenc drag between the strut-braced sii engined " Totem " and the canti] twin-engined " Cutty Sark." A Retractable Water Rudder is a feature of the " Totem." When re tracted the Water Rudder disappears into the Air Rudder. VJ SPAN 46- O" LENGTH 32'- 9" WtMG AFlEA 5IO SO FT. • 1 I \ 1 \ J THE BOEING "TOTEM" 300 H.P WASP JR. ENGINE V. THE BOEING " TOTEM " : General Arrangement Drawings. 892
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