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1934
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1242 FLIGHT. NOVEMBER 22, 1934. A development of the" Rafale," the Caud- ron 520 seats fourpersons, and with its Renault " BengaliSix" a top speed of 199 m.p.h. isclaimed. There is nothing new about the twosmaller Farmans, the 403 and 404. These are both of the three-in-line typeof high-wing cabin monoplanes of Wooden construction, and have been describedfully in our pages. The former has the Farman 7-cylinder radial engine, and thelatter a Renault A -cylinder inverted sized men would find the seats somewhatinadequate. In general design the 180 is a highwing monoplane with a small stub wing extending from the lower longerons.This extension contains the fuel tanks and serves, at its outer end, as a junc-tion for the Vee wing struts and the "Bengali" of 140 h.p. The wing is cantilever and the undercarriage com- pression leg is led up to the top longeron at the junction of the wing root. The little Mauboussins, the 112 and 120C, are creating quite a lot of interest because they are pretty little machines of the Klemm type, and, as usual, people were saying that that was " just the sort of machine they would like to fly." Both are two-seaters, the former of normal open-cockpit type and the latter with a large transparent cabin roof. The windscreen is the only one in the Salon which has. like some of the modern American high-speed commercial air- craft a very pronounced forward slope and vee. It was, therefore, all the more interesting to learn that with this screen and the cabin top the machine is several miles an hour faster than the open- cockpit type. Those shown have Salm- son engines, but a Pobjoy can be fitted if required Peing a comparatively in- expensive machine this, the "Corsaire," as it is called, is not very highly polished or we'.l finished. Hanriots show several examples of their H 180 T, a versatile little high-wing monoplane arranged for several different types of work. The 180 is the touring version, and in this form seats are pro- vided for three persons, the pilot in front and the two passengers, placed side by side, in slightly staggered seats, behind him. The internal upholstery is well done, but we feel that most normal- Very English-looking despite its registration letters, the Caudron " Freygate" carries two pas- sengers seated side by side be- hind the pilot. (Flight Photo.) single strut undercarriage, so that themachine might, perhaps, be called a semi-sesquiplane monoplane. With the "Bengali Six " engine thetop speed claimed is slightly over 200 km.p.h. (124 m.p.h.). The general con-struction is interesting as the fuselage is built of square duralumin tubes withflat shallow channel-section bracing strips riveted to flitch plates, these bracingstrips appearing to be riveted in under tension. The rear portion of the fuse-lage has a demountable top decking which is built up of plywood and can beremoved so that another of different design, according to the work" required,can be substituted. The Potez 58 is another high-wingcabin monoplane which is fairly well known in England. With permanentlyopen wing tip slots, it always attracts attention to itself wherever it goes. Thethree seats are arranged with two side- by-side in front. The engine generallyfitted is the Potez six-cylinder radial of 120-140 h.p. New and interesting is the little Potez60, a machine built under the Govern- ment subsidy scheme for producing verylight and inexpensive machines "for the multitude." The 60 has the three-cylinder Potez radial engine of 60-70 h.p., and is an open two-seater parasolmonoplane. The usual Potez system is adhered to of having a stub extending, from the bottom longerons to which the undercarriage is attached, and in this The Hanriot 180 T, a small sesquiplane so constructed that the top of the rear portion of its fuselage is interchangeable, thus enabling the machine to be used for a variety of purposes. (Flight Photo.)
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