J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
Societe Henri et Maurice Farman
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Maurice Farman opened his own factory at Mallet. His first plane, the M.F.1, was completed in February 1909. Maurice and Henri continued their separate endeavors until 1909 when they pooled their efforts and founded Avions Henri et Maurice Farman at Billancourt.
Both Maurice's and Henri's planes saw widespread service during Ihe first three years of the war. However, the brothers' reluctance to abandon the pusher configuration when requested to in 1916 resulted in their losing a chance to produce a second generation reconnaissance aircraft for the Aviation Militaire. In fact, the only other Farman design to see operational service was the F.50.
Maurice Farman Pre-War Planes
1. M.F.1 (1909) - 60-hp REP; experimental.
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L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Farman, Maurice
Henry's brother Maurice began as a balloonist, and took Henry up with him once. In 1909 he designed and built his own aeroplane:
MF 1: In December 1909 Maurice brought out his first machine, evidently having been designed with an eye on his brother's design and those of the early Voisins. It showed the split single forward elevator of the Henry Farman Ibis, the ailerons (lower wing only) of the later Ibis, the biplane tail cell with the 2 inset rudders of the same machine. The pointed nacelle was covered, like the Voisin, and on occasion featured end-plate side-curtains.
(Span: 11 m; wing area: 50 sqm; loaded weight: 580 kg; REP)
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Журнал Flight
Flight, January 16, 1909
Maurice Farman's Aeroplane.
THE aeroplane which Maurice Farman, brother of the famous Henry Farman, is having built for himself, will be constructed by Maurice Mallet. It is a biplane with a 10-metre span, and carries the engine and the pilot's seat on a central frame. In front is an elevator and behind is a rudder; means are also provided for warping the planes. Two engines have been chosen with which trials are to be made, one a 40-h.p. R.E.P. and the other a 58-h.p. Renault. It is probable that the machine will be equipped with two propellers driven by chains. The machine is expected to weigh 250 kilogs. without the motor or propellers. Except for the rudder, there are no vertical surfaces on the machine.
Flight, February 6, 1909
The Maurice Farman Biplane.
ONE of our accompanying illustrations this week shows the Maurice Farman biplane, of the construction of which our readers have already been advised. In general the machine belongs to the same type as that employed by the famous Henry Farman, but the details of its construction are, as our photograph shows, very different. It has on the whole a neater and more finished appearance than the Voisin type of machine, but this is perhaps largely due to the absence of side curtains. This peculiarity is especially marked in connection with the tail, which, instead of being a somewhat heavy-looking box-kite, as it is on Henry Farman's machine, has become a neat biplane pure and simple. The engine and pilot's seat are arranged on a half-elliptic girder, which has a smooth external surface, and is provided with a hood in front of the pilot. The elevators are in front, and, like the main planes, have a substantial and rigid appearance. The propeller is not shown in our illustration, but its attachment is immediately behind the engine. The principal dimensions are as follows :- Span, 10 m.; length, 10 m.; propeller, 2-5 m. diam.; speed, 900 r.p.m.; engine 50-60-h.p. Renault; total weight of machine, 450 kilogs.
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