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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 0765.PDF
M-M KjTH, U>47 RUDDER - TRIM TAB EXIT OF 1ET PIPE COOLING A'ft GAP FOR PASSAGE OF JET PIPE COOLING AIRROLLS-ROYCE NENE ENGINE REMOVABLE TAIL CONE SPRING TAB (PORT ONLY | . £ . PC U LT O H ^ STEERABLE TWIN TAILWHEELREMOVABLE JET PIPE WING FUEL TANK (PORT) WING LIFT SPOILERS AILERON CONTROL AILERON SPRING TAB JACK OPERATING DIVE RECOVERY FLAPS (PORT) PRESSURE HEAD \ E XTERNALLY the Attacker is perhaps cleanerthan any other fighter; internally, as this special "Flight" drawing proves, It disposes a remarkable variety of equipment In addition to the Rolls-Royce Nene with its air ducts, jet pipe and fuel tanks. The special 270- gallon drop tank is not shown, but the size of this is indicated by a sketch elsewhere. Other special sketches show the tankage and intake arrangements. cr<~ it is very well forward, gives an exceptionally good field of view. Silica-gel dehydration guards against misting. For his early test flights Mr Quill has found it an advantage to have a bead sight mounted on the nose of the fuselage as a datum point. Immediately aft of the cockpit is the semi-monocoque fuel-tank bay, the top cover of which is screwed on, and following this is the pressurized power-plant^bay also with scrlwed-on cover, housing the Nene and ite auxil- iary equipment. Here the fuselage attains its maximum diameter before gradually tapering off to the tail. Flying control leads from the cockpit .are taken through a pressure seal, having no rtdmg jom s mto a 14-inch light-alloy duct running fore and aft along the bottom of the fuselage. The controls themselves are conventional, as on the Spiteful, the rudder pedals being of adjustable S.B.A.C type. Elevators and rudder are cable-controlled, but a system of rods and levers is used for the ailerons. The trim tabs have chain and cable control. In respect of their main structure the detachable all- metal fin and the two halves of the dihedral tailplane are interchangeable. The dihedral on the tailplane allows an efficient junction with the fuselage, and at the same time raises the effective height of the tailplane relative to the wing. The port elevator has a spring tab
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