M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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TWINING No.I biplane
This machine was exhibited at the Aero Show at Olympia in March 1910, without the engine. There were no reports of flight having been achieved. The similar glider, No.2A of smaller span, appeared a few months later, with the same type of 'dihedral lateral balancers' and may have been a reconstruction of the powered aircraft. It was priced at .350.
The biplane had no tail, but had a front elevator as on the glider. Twin front rudders were however fitted and the machine was mounted on four wheels.
Power: 20hp Phoenix two-cylinder horizontally opposed air-cooled rotary driving a 6ft 3 in diameter propeller.
Data
Span 28ft
Chord 4ft 6in
Gap 5ft 6in to 4ft 6in
Area 252 sq. ft
Area elevator 25 sq. ft
Area rudder 6 sq. ft
Length 14ft 7in (14ft 10in?)
Weight 440 lb.
Weight allup 605lb.
Speed 35 mph
TWINING No.II biplane
A larger machine was completed later in 1910, but no details of its use, or whether it actually flew, are recorded. This had the addition of a fixed tailplane on booms, otherwise the layout was similar to No.I, including the 'dihedral lateral balancers'. Twining had patented a universal control column with a wheel for controlling all movements, including the rudder.
Power: 30hp two-cylinder horizontally opposed driving a 7ft diameter propeller.
Data
Span 33ft
Chord 5ft
Gap 5ft 6in to 5ft
Area 372 sq. ft
Weight allup 580lb.
TWINING No.III biplane
The only information on this machine was that it was to be fitted with a 40hp Phoenix motor and the wing span was 40ft.
P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
Twining Biplane No. 1
The Twining No. 1 was a canard biplane exhibited at the Olympia Aero Show of 1910. The wings were fitted with ailerons, and the engine was a two-cylinder 20 h.p. Phoenix rotary, driving a 6 ft. 3 ins. propeller. The machine was constructed by the Twining Aeroplane Co., of Hanwell, Middlesex. Span, 28 ft. Length, 14 ft. 7 ins. Wing area, 252 sq. ft. Weight empty, 450 lb. Weight loaded, 605 lb. Cruising speed, 35 m.p.h. Price, ?350.
Twining Biplane No. 2
The Twining No. 2 was a pusher biplane built by the Twining Aeroplane Co. during 1910. ft was powered by a two-cylinder horizontally-opposed 30 h.p. engine. It featured tilting ailerons mounted at mid-gap, and had twin rudders and elevators forward, with a fixed tailplane aft. Span, 37 ft. Length, 29 ft. Wing area, 372 sq. ft. Weight loaded, 580 lb.
Журнал Flight
Flight, March 12, 1910
THE SECOND OLYMPIA AERO SHOW.
AEROPLANES.
Twining.
BIPLANE of the tail-less type, with a monoplane elevator in front. The main planes have a span of 28 ft., whilst the cord is 4 ft. 6 in. The gap at the centre is 5 ft. 6 in., diminishing to 4 ft. 6 in. at the tips, the lower plane being curved upwards at the ends. Lateral stability is maintained by means of ailerons pivoted on the end stanchions, at an angle of 450 to the horizontal. The ailerons are inter-connected, having a constant angle of 900 between them, so that the movement of one in a certain direction is followed by a corresponding movement of the other in the opposite direction.
