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1935
1935 - 0739.PDF
APRIL 4, 1935- FLIGHT. 353 MILES " MERLIN " "GIPSY SIX" ENGINE ' . Dimensions. Span 35ft. (10,67 m) Chord ,-,- 77in. (1,96 m) tapering to 49in. (1,25 m) Length 25ft. lOin. (7,87 m) Height...' ... 7ft. 5£in. (tail down) (2,27 m) Cabin ... width 49in. (1,25 m), length 79in. (2,01 m), height 44in. (1,11 m) Locker... width 45in. (1.14 m), length 31in. (0,79 m), height 23in. (0,58 m) Weights. lb. kg Tare ... 1,576 (7U,9) Pilot 180 (72,6) 4 passengers 640 (290,3) 44 gall, petrol 339 (153,8) :« gall, oil ... 35 (15,9) • Luggage 150 (68,0) Wireless 100 (45,4) 3,000 (1,360,8) Performance (with ordinary wooden airscrew). Top speed ... 155 m.p.h. (249,5 kmlh) Cruising speed ... 140 m.p.h. (225,3 kmjh) at 2,100 r.p.m. Landing speed • 48 m.p.h. (77,2 kmjh) Ratio, gross weight to tare weight 1.9 Equipment V.P. airscrew (new type Ratier), self-starter, landing lights (Harlcy's),. navigation lights, wireless (this is standard, but the price varies according tn the'set used), turn and bank indicator (ditto).. The wing flaps on the " Merlin '' effectively steepen the glide and enable full control to be retained at very slow speeds. (Flight photograph.) the old argument that aeroplanes for abroad had to be of metal has ceased to carry any truth. In conclusion, the completeness of the equipment is again worth mentioning The controllable-pitch airscrew will, as soon as it is available, enhance the already outstanding performance ; the electric starter, navigation lights, and landing lights built into the leading edge are what we hope to see as standard on all aeroplanes before long. The Mayo Composite Aircraft In connection with the Mayo Composite Aircraft Co., Ltd., the formation of which was recorded in our last issue, the board of directors has now been announced and is as fol lows: Sir Harold E. Snagge, K.B.E., M.A., J.P., chairman; Mr. Kenneth A. E. Moore, F.C.A.; Mr. Hugh Burroughes, A.F.R.Ae.S. ; Air Vice-Marshal A. E. Borton, C.B. C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C.; Major R. H. Mayo, O.B.E., M.A., A.M.Inst.C.E., F.R.Ae.S., and Major John Stewart, O.B.E. The registered offices are at 18, Austin Friars, London, E.C.2 It is not intended to manufacture aircraft. UNDER ARREST Arrester gear is as old in its conception as the idea of land ing on the deck of an aircraft carrier, though the early forms, which made use of sandbag - weighted ropes, did not prove very successful ; consequently these systems were gradually dropped in the Fleet Air Arm as the technique of landing on a bare deck was improved. More recently other countries, America in particular, have revived forms of arrester gear, presumably on the score of higher landing speeds, and our photographs show the latest type of arrester gear which is being used by our own Naval air service. The pivoted hook under* ifte- rear end of the fuselage catches in the cables stretched across the deck.
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