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1933
1933 - 0672.PDF
FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933 These three sketches show how the wing folds. The jointed tube A is anchored in the centre section and passes through the tube B. (FLIGHT Sketches.) Naturally, having side-by-side seating necessitates a fairly wide fuselage, but the nose of the " Mouse " is well formed, and the cowling over the engine does not hinder the view forward when the machine is in flying position. On the ground the view for taxying is not, perhaps, ideal, but this is more than compensated for by the fact that the cabin roof is so made that it can be opened in flight. It is, therefore, a simple matter to taxy with it in the open position and for the pilot to look out over the top. A feature which is as yet only found on the most modern machines is the retractable undercarriage. This is particu larly simple, and, as can be seen from our artist's sketches, each wheel is carried in a rectangular pyramid of angle section steel. The springing is by a tier of rubber blocks above each end of the axle. This bracing, enclosing the wheel and carrying the springing, forms a separate unit for each wheel, and is hinged about its foremost edge. A lever system, worked by a hand lever in the cockpit, raises or lowers each unit in a negligible space of time. Aluminium cowling will, in the finished machine, be This explains the general structure of the wing. (FLIGHT Sketch.) 976
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