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1918
1918 - 0505.PDF
MAY 9, 1918. THE ENGLISH S.E.V.A. SINGLE-SEATER FIGHTER. SCOUTING EXPERIMENTAL. % The following description and illustrations published in the German aviation journal, "Deutsche Luftfahrer Zeitschrift," appears to be an official German report—as it is arranged in a similar manner to other descriptions of captured British and Allied machines—on the S.E., and should, we think, he of interest. THIS machine, which is built by Vickers Ltd., carries 0.46 m. The wingf are not swept back. The dihedral the number B 507, and in addition to the usual ang'e of the wings, ^vhich are joined to centre sections, identification marks, a circle and the letter A in white, is 1710. In order to improve the view the lower On the airscrew there is stamped S.E.V.A., from wings are cut away near the body. The angle pf ENGLISH S.E.V.A. SINGLE-SEATER FIGHTER.—The front part of the body, with machine gun pointed^ ; ., upwards. , _•. .. - which it is to be assumed that the older machine of similar type, having a 150 h.p. Hispano engine without reduction gear, was designated as S.E.V. Both wings of the single strutter biplane, having an area of 22.8 sq. metres, have a span of 8.15 metres, and a chord of 1.52 metres. The stagger is incidence of the top wing is 50, while that of the bottom wing is 6° at the body and 50 at the struts. Both wing spars are of spruce, and are of I section, while the spars of the short roots, which run through the body, are of steel tubing, 45 mm. outside diameter and 1.75 mm. thick. The wing ribs are of the usual Three-quarter front view of the S.E. 5O3
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