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1940
1940 - 1110.PDF
348 APRIL 18, 1940 FLYING the MASTER How Aerobatics Should be Carried Out. THE fact that Phillips and Powis Aircraft, Ltd.,have issued some Pilots' Notes for the MilesMaster has already been recorded in Flight. The book is particularly valuable as it includes detailed in- formation on aerobatic procedure. It is important to remember that the Master has de- liberately been given a high wing-loading (actually it is about the same as that of the Spitfire) and must accord- ingly be treated with the same respect as modern fighters. An interesting check on this high stalling speed with the control column pulled back too much is to dive the Master to 240 m.p.h. I.A.S. and to start a loop by easing the control column back fairly rapidly. It will be noticed, as the aircraft approaches the vertical, that it will give a sharp flick and roll out of the loop. This flick gives ample warning and if the pressure on the control column is eased just before the flick occurs it will be quite easy to continue a perfectly straight loop. The correct procedure for looping is to trim the air- craft slightly tail heavy, ease the throttle back and put the machine into a gentle dive up to about 220 m.p.h. I.A.S. Pressure on the control column will tend to build up, and on reaching 220 m.p.h. the pressure on the stick should be released. As the nose rises above the horizon the throttle should be opened to the gate position, and as the pressure disappears the stick should be eased back INSTRUMENT BOARD. i, Flaps Position Indicator ; 2, Airspeed Indicator Correction Card ; 3, Speaking Tube Connection ; 4, Reflector Sight Lamp Socket ; 5, Reflector Sight Dimmer Switch ; 6, Cockpit Lamps Dimmer Switch (Port) ; 7, Undercarriage Position Indicator ; 8, Instrument Flying Hood Release ; 9, Engine Revolution Indicator ; 10, Cockpit Lamps Dimmer Switch (Starboard) ; u, Signalling SwitcjiDox , 12, Main Magneto Switches and Undercarriage Indicator Switch ; 13. "y.KZ Regulator ; 14, Airspeed Indicator ; 15, Artificial Horizon ; 16, Rate oi uimo Indicator ; 17, Oil Temperature Thermometer ; 18, Oil Pressure «auS= ; 19, Boost Pressure Gauge ; 20, Fuel Pressure Gauge ; 21, Cockpit Lamp , 22, Landing Lamps Switch ; 23, Time of Flight Cock ; 24, ™timvfng 25, Directional Gyroscope ; 26, Turn and Bank Indicator ; 27, Fuel L°nt,-. Indicator (Port Tank) ; 28, Fuel Contents Indicator (Starboard Tani) ; »°- r Extinguisher Switch (under Flap) ; 30, Bomb Selector Switches ; 31, ««j Flap Indicator ; 32, Bomb Jettison Switch ; 33, Oil Cock ; 34. Starting ».» Switch ; 35, Engine Priming Pump ; 36, Pneumatic System Pressure •" „* 37, Radiator Temperature Gauge ; 38, Fuel Contents Indicator Switch ; 39'°, Triple Pressure Gauge ; 40, Hydraulic System Pressure Gauge ; 41. Box ; 42, Radiator Flap Control ; 43. Po Compass. t
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