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1933
1933 - 0098.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933 WHERE THE SHOCK IS TAKEN : The fitting which attaches the under carriage telescopic leg to the fuselage on the " Cadets." (FLIGHT Sketches.) purpose too! In order to help them control their physical reactions still more, a polished rail has been mounted across the front of the dashboard which they can grip to their hearts' content, just as one sees them doing on switchback railways when they give vent to yells of terrified delight during a downward swoop. In the machine we tried, one of those which had been ordered by Scottish Motor Traction, the dashboard was bare except for an air-speed indicator, but there is ample room on it for anything, and no doubt if a luxuriously minded private owner wished to have anything else he could do so. The engine mountings vary accord ing to the engine fitted. The S.M.T. three-seater had a " Hermes IV " and was mounted on a cantilever steel- tube welded structure of the normal type for this kind of engine. The engine feet themselves were fitted in the flexible rubber shoes as is general prac tice. The cabin machine and most of the standard " Cadets " have the 7-cyl. " Genet Major " engine, so that a ring mounting has to be used. Either of these engines, or others of similar type may be fitted to any of the series. The flying controls are all cable operated with dual cables and are particularly light and easy. As we have already said, both cockpits of the standard and Club machines have adjustable rudder bars, as well as brake- operating gear. This is similar to that used in the Avro " Tutor," the Bendix brakes being brought into action by- a hand lever on a ratchet on the left-hand side of each seat, after which operation either rudder bar releases the brake on the wheel outside of the turn. In the joyriding machine the fuel is in the top centre section, but in the standard and Club machines this is accommodated in front of the front passenger below the top decking. In the cabin machine, as in the other machines, this is contained in a welded aluminium tank, but in this instance situated below the cabin floor in a position where it can easily be removed if required. Twenty-eight gallons is the normal capacity in most cases. The wings and other covered units are, in the interests of economy, of wooden construction carried out on normal lines with spruce spars spindled to the requisite section, in the case of the main planes, and boxed for the tail plane, WMGAREA(INC AILERONS)-262 Sa.Fr L z < AVRO 638 CLUB "CADET 7CYL "GENET MAJOR" ENGINE s^y 704
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