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1933
1933 - 0101.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933 WITH " HERMES IV " : The three-seater " Cadet " can be sup plied with this and similar in-line engines instead of the " Genet Major." (FLIGHT Photo.) tin and rudder. Spruce ribs form the aerofoil section for the main planes and steel tubes with swaged wires make up the drag bracing. Following usual Avro practice, the aileron hinges are of ample size so that no wear need be ex pected under ordinary conditions of use. The undercarriage is prac tically the same in each case, the compression leg being led to the top longeron, and being of very small cross section. The land shocks are taken by a series of three springs working in parallel, the rebound being catered for by an Oleo restriction arrangement. Dunlop medium-pressure tyres are lifted on the wheels and Bendix brakes. The three machines whose wings fold, that is, the three- seater, Club " Cadet " and cabin machine, have the top centre section farther aft than in the case of the standard machine, and the wings fold about the rear spar root joints. In the cabin machine the top centre section is clear as the fuel is below the floor and the cabin roof is therefore covered with cellastoid, giving the cabin a particularly light and roomy appearance, which entirely negates any boxed-up feeling and also gives the pilot a reasonable measure of backward vie»v. In this machine the seating arrangement will be such that the pilot sits by himself in the front, behind a safety glass windscreen of large size. He sits higher than is usual in machines of this type and gets a particularly good view in consequence. Immediately behind him one passenger is catered for on a seat, the base of which is an elektron casting. This seat is on runners and slides to the right-hand side of the machine when three passengers are carried or to the centre of the machine when it is desired to use dual control. Behind this seat a plywood bench, well upholstered, goes right across the machine. This is fully large enough for two children or one adult. Luggage can be carried beside this passenger behind the middle seat and also beside this middle seat. THE STANDARD " CADET " : This forms the prototype of the " Cadet Family," and is characterised by a pronounced stagger of the wings. The engine is a 7-cyl. " Genet Major." (FLIGHT Photo.) S S F M. Green leaving Siddeley's HEADERS of FLIGHT will probably learn with some surprise that Maj. F. M. Green, O.B.E., has arranged to »m UP f^y his duties as Chief Engineer of the Siddeley o mP of aircraft and aero engine companies, a position lic h he has held since 1917. "'-Grt Proposes, after We are informed that Maj. ,,i~"^»ra, aner a well-earned holiday, to establish witH* ^ -a consulting engineer, a business in which his shoul(?XI3eri?nce .°* a^ bra110*168 of aeronautical engineering 0j -' . enaole him to do good work in the development flvirV ' aviati°n- Fred Green has been connected with aviation. i>yaimiesinre its earliest davs- Early in 1910 he left the 01 varT C- w^ere he had been engaged on design work charsp 01fS a ds for several years, and became engineer in wast ,tp esiSn at the Royal Aircraft Factory (as it then ^arnborough, under Col. Mervyn O'Gorman. In 1917, at the request of the late General Sir David Henderson, Maj. Green joined the Siddeley Deasy Motor Co., chiefly to help in the development of the B.H.P. engine, which later became known, in its production form, as the Siddeley " Puma " engine. While the " Puma " was being developed, experimental work was begun on a 14-cylinder radial engine, which later became famous as the " Jaguar." During the same period work was begun on the design of a single-seater fighter intended to replace the SE5, and to be fitted with the Siddeley radial engine. Mr. Lloyd joined the staff shortly after this design was started, and has remained actively engaged on aircraft design at Armstrong Siddeley's and Armstrong Whitworth's to the present day, as chief aircraft designer. We under stand that Maj. Green intends to make a close study of civil aviation on the Continent and in the United States before settling down to his work as a consulting engineer. 705
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