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1938
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282 FLIGHT. MARCH 24, 1938. and rearranging the interior to suit any- body who requires a twin-engined machine, which, nevertheless, is as easily handled as any smaller single- engined type. The Scion, as a matter of fact, has shown itself to have a good performance on floats, and any revival of interest in seaplane flying may result in a reappear- ance of the machine in this form. The structure is all-metal, the wing being of fabric-covered duralumin and the fuse- lage of welded-steel tube, and long experience has shown that the machine can be very inexpensive in the matter of airframe maintenance. SPECIFICATION : Span, 42ft.; length, 31/t. 6in.; weight empty, 1,920 Ib.; all- up weight, 3,200 Ib, maximum speed.' 130 m.p.h.; cruising speed, 115 m.p.h.; , landing speed, 50 m.p.h.; rate of climb, 625 ft.jmin.; range, 400 miles. Makers: Pobjoy Air Motors and Aircraft, Ltd.,-.' Rochester Aerodrome, Kent. SHAPLEY : AMIDST a comparatively large num-ber of new and experimental light aeroplanes of various shades ol lightness is the Shapley Kittiwake, an open two- seater mid-wing monoplane at present fitted with a Continental flat four en- gine. The word '' mid-wing '' is really a misnomer, since the effect is produced by a very pronounced gull shape at the centre section. The wing is of canti- lever construction and fuselage is a wooden monocoque. SPECIFICATION: Span, 31ft. Gin/:<- length, 20ft. 3m.;_ all-up weight, 1,000 Ib.; weight empty, 630 Ib.; maxi- mum speed, 116 m.p.h.; cruising speed, 100 m.p.h.; landing speed, 45 .m.p.h.'; range, 250 miles. Makers: Shapley Air- craft, Ltd., Swan Street, Torquay, South Devon.- ; - ' "'• • ' TIPSY BY this time the first of the produc-tion Tipsy two-seaters, which aie being built at Hanworth, should benearly ready to take the air. Generally speaking, the British version of themachine will be similar to that origin- ally made in Belgium and demonstratedfor the first time over here -early last year. The side-by-side cockpit has,however, been widened and to some ex- tent rearranged, and considerablethought has been given to the design of the windscreen in order that it may bepossible to fly the machine in comfort without helmet or goggles. The Tipsy's basic value will be thatfor dual instruction at extremely iow cost, but it will, nevertheless, be equallyuseful as an inexpensive tourer. Since no suitable English engine is at present The Wicko Monoplane, shown here making an approach with the flaps fully down. The first of the British-built two-seater Tipsy Monoplanes should soon be available. This is the Belgian version photog-aphed on its first demonstration in this country. .A machine of distinctly unusual, design—the Shapley Kittiwake. available, at least the first series of the batch of fifty which are being laid down will be fitted with the G2 h.p. Walter Mjkron engine, which is an inverted four-in-line of fairly conventional lay- out. Special attention is being paid to the finish of the machine, which, in the Belgian Tipsy monoplanes has been so iKKiceably good. When the two-seater was first demon-strated no flaps were fitted, and the ap- proach was, consequently, a little tooflat. The production machine—and, for that matter, the demonstrator now inuse—will be fitted with directly operated split flaps. SPECIFICATION: Span, 31/t. 2!>z.;,;length, 22ft.; cruising speed, 105: m.p.h.; range, 400 miles; price, £575..'Makers: The Tipsy Aircraft Co., Ltd.,: London Ait Park, Hanworth, Middle-sex. WICKO SIGNS of a return to many old ideasare to be found in the latest Wicko monoplane, which is now in production with a Gipsy Major engine. It is, for instance, a strut-braced high-wing mono- plane—with all that this implies in the way of downward view—and the aim of the designer has been to make the struc- ture as simple and as straightforward as possible. Nevertheless, it is fitted with contour-changing flaps, and the occu- pants are seated side-by-side in what is a very reasonably capacious cabin with two doors. As a flying machine the Wicko has quite a number of interesting charac- teristics, not the least important of which are its remarkably stable stall, with the flaps up and down, and its capacity for slow and accurate sideslipping on very little rudder. The structure, too, is in^ teresting in that the wing is ply-covered to take drag loads, and the box-type fuselage is constructed in four sections so as to reduce the complications of jig- ging. Each of the four sections carries its own half-longeron, which are glued together to become laminated wholes.' The price of the machine has not yet been finally fixed, but is likely to be in the region of the figure (£800) which lias , already been given. It may be remembered that the original Wicko was fitted with a couf-" verted Ford V8 engine, and the ma- chine, when so powered, flew quite well, < though with a somewhat reduced load. Any other machine which may be pro- duced with this engine will have a specie • ally large span. "' SPECIFICATION: Span, 31ft. , 6m.; i length, 23ft. 3»».; all-up weight, 2,000 Ib.; weight empty, 1,255 Ib.; maxi- mum speed, 140 m.p.h.; cruising speed, 122 m.p.h.; landing speed, 45 m.p.h.; range, 500 miles. Makers: Foster Wihner Aircraft Co., Ltd., Southampton Airport, Eastleigh, Nr. Southampton.
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