Name that Flying Machine
Two built, only one flew.
Unlike the Gloster III, it was never on floats but it was re-engined and became an air racer. It competed in three races and won one.
Unlike the Gloster III, it was never on floats but it was re-engined and became an air racer. It competed in three races and won one.
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Are we in the UK in the last picture?
reminds me of Farnborough
reminds me of Farnborough
Slb has got it. A very early example of a streamlined biplane, built in 1920. A surprisingly high wing-loading of 14.9 lb/sq.ft., compared with its contemporaries - Sopwith Snipe 7.5 lb/sq.ft., Nieuport Nighthawk 8 lb/sq.ft., Curtiss Hawk 11.8 lb/sq.ft., Boeing PW-9 12 lb/sq.ft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verville_VCP
The picture at Etampes was taken during the September 1920 Gordon Bennett* race, where it didn't finish due to overheating problems. Two months later, back across the Atlantic, it won the first Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field, Long Island in November 1920, with an average speed of 178 mph over a 320 mile course, finishing 2.5 minutes ahead of the second place finisher - a Thomas Morse Scout.
The VCP came to an unfortunate end in a collision with an automobile, which is probably why no more was heard about it:
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/mitchel-field/
* If you think the Schneider Cup is ugly, you should see the Gordon Bennett Cup
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Slb has control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verville_VCP
The picture at Etampes was taken during the September 1920 Gordon Bennett* race, where it didn't finish due to overheating problems. Two months later, back across the Atlantic, it won the first Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field, Long Island in November 1920, with an average speed of 178 mph over a 320 mile course, finishing 2.5 minutes ahead of the second place finisher - a Thomas Morse Scout.
The VCP came to an unfortunate end in a collision with an automobile, which is probably why no more was heard about it:
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/mitchel-field/
* If you think the Schneider Cup is ugly, you should see the Gordon Bennett Cup
:Slb has control.
Last edited by India Four Two; 25th Dec 2020 at 00:51.
The Jona J-6 was a very unusual design: not only was it a cantilever sesquiplane, its lower wing having a span about two thirds that of the upper wing and having a narrower chord but, uniquely, the upper plane was mounted to the fuselage so that it could tilt about a longitudinal axis with respect to the rest of the aircraft. The objective was lateral stability; the ailerons were linked to the fuselage so that if the port wing was raised by a gust its aileron was also raised and that of the starboard wing lowered, automatically correcting the roll.
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That aeroplane looks like a dog that has just been shown a card trick. When I read about it, it sounded like an odd idea, but seeing those photographs makes it look totally bonkers.
Ah, I punched "tiltwing" i.l.o "tilting wing" in Wikipedia and only got the Hiller X-18.
I always thought to compensate for asymmetric gusts, you put dihedral to the wings. Or reacting ailerons as in the B-2. Not a tilting wing with reacting ailerons. Very complex indeed.
I always thought to compensate for asymmetric gusts, you put dihedral to the wings. Or reacting ailerons as in the B-2. Not a tilting wing with reacting ailerons. Very complex indeed.
Here's an easy one to keep things rolling. Look what I discovered while beach combing on my tropical island:
N Hemisphere or Southern hemisphere?
North of the Equator.
Fairchild Packet......Not sure of the military des....
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I'm think I'm turning Japanese?
yes - something like a Kawanishi 8K??