Журнал Flight

Flight, October 29, 1910

AMERICAN NOTES.

The Wright Racing Biplane.

   FROM New York it is cabled that the new racing biplane evolved by the Wright Bros., and which it is hoped will keep the Gordon-Bennett Trophy in America, is extraordinarily small in comparison with its predecessors. The main planes are said to be only 21 ft. 6 ins. span, and only 3 ft. chord, while in the standard type of Wright biplane the dimensions are 39 ft. 6 ins. by 7 ft. The motor is an 8-cylinder V type of 65-h.p. The Brothers Wright have also a second racing machine, in which the planes are a little larger, being 26 ft. long and 3 ft. 4 ins. wide.


Flight, March 18, 1911

THE "BABY" WRIGHT.

   THE accompanying sketch shows a "model R" Wright biplane which is a much smaller and lighter type than the standard model and is designed especially for speed and altitude work.
   The design was, in fact, the result of the investigations and calculations made by the Wright Bros, when considering the question of building a defender for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup last year. It carries no passenger except the pilot but is equipped with the usual Wright engine and control. It was this machine that was used by Johnstone when he ascended to 9,714 ft. at Belmont Park on October 31st, 1910. The span is 20 ft. 6 ins. and the chord 3 ft. 7 ins. The overall length is 24 ft. and the overall height 6 ft. 6 ins. The weight is 585 lbs. and the engine is of the four-cylinder vertical type having a bore and stroke of 4 3/5 ins. by 4 ins., rated at 30-35-h.p. and weighing 180 lbs.
   One of these machines, that which was used by Mr. Alec. Ogilvie in the Gordon-Bennett race, will be on view at the Olympia Show, where it will be staged on one of the Royal Aero Club's stands. In America this machine sells for the same price as the standard model, which is $5,000.