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Страна: Великобритания

Год: 1910

P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)

Piffard Biplane

   The single-seat Piffard Biplane was a pusher design by an artist, H. H. Piffard. and was constructed at Ealing during 1909. The engine was the eight-cylinder E.N.V. "D" of 40 h.p., arranged to slide on its mounting for the adjustment of the C.G. The machine was destroyed by a gale in December of the same year, but was rebuilt at Shoreham. Sussex, using the same engine, and was brought out again for tests on 3rd May, 1910.
   Following another crash, it was reconstructed once again and reappeared on 23rd June, but did not fly. Some good short flights were achieved on 10th July. 1910, but the machine's development was abandoned by the end of the year after several other crashes had occurred. Floats also were tried out on it. and the Piffard Biplane could be readily dismantled for packing into a pantechnicon. Span. 34 ft. Length, 31 ft. Wing area, 510 sq. ft. Weight loaded, 850 lb.

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  • P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
  • M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
  • Журнал Flight