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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1939.PDF
••&.- bomber, with which Vickers-Supermarine have already amassed a wealth of experience. By means of an electric- idly operated screw jack the wing may be set at the most favourable angle for take-off, whilst in level flight the incidence can be adjusted to reduce hull drag to a mini- mum. For landing it is possible to achieve the high angle of attack necessary to develop the unusually high lift co- efficient for which the wing has been designed. In large measure the high speed of the Seagull can be attributed to the clean installation of the Griffon engine which drives a contra-rotating Rotol six-blade constant- speed airscrew. The air intakes and the radiators foi coolant and oil are housed in a vertical trunk beneath theengine. A total internal fuel capacity of 285 gallons is available, and the addition of" two 60-gallon drop-tanksallows a maximum range, with Griffon R.G. 30 S.M. engine, of 1,230 miles. The main undercarriage, which is readily detachable,should the Seagull be required to operate only from water, retracts upwards and backwards, the legs being turnedthrough approximately 180 degrees by means of a rack- and-pinion. That the stowage is extremely neat will begathered from the accompanying photographs, secured .during a recent test flight over Southampton Water.
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