Описание
Страна: Великобритания
Год: 1912
Единственный экземпляр
A.Jackson Avro Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)
The Burga Monoplane
In 1912 A. V. Roe and Company built a shoulder-wing monoplane to the designs of Lt Burga of the Peruvian Navy, who wished to try out some highly original ideas on aircraft control. The machine was constructed at Brownsfield Mills at the same time as the Avro Type E prototype and used the same tail and undercarriage, but the fuselage was much slimmer and the engine a 50 hp Gnome rotary.
Rectangular monoplane wings were wire braced to strong points on the undercarriage and to a pylon built over the fuselage. There was no wing warping, lateral control being obtained by two ‘rudders’, one above and one below the fuselage, working in opposite directions. The design made provisions for wings of varying camber which fitted at varying angles of incidence to give the machine any desired performance.
Construction of the Burga at Brownsfield Mills was evidently undertaken on an intermittent basis as other work allowed. It was first mentioned in the Works Log in February 1912 but by the end of March had been dismantled and removed to a cellar, ending up the following month suspended from the boiler house roof. There it remained until June 3 when it was re-erected and the left wing doped in time for the machine to be inspected by visiting VIPs the following day. Work started on the engine in July and the top wing bracing was finished in August. A further two months elapsed before the whole machine was completed and it was finally dispatched from the factory on October 15, 1912.
Lt Burga took a shed at Shoreham where the machine was test flown on November 20, 1912, by H. R. Simms. The mainplanes fitted were those best suited for maximum speed and the pilot reported that it was certainly fast and had a good rate of climb. Further taxying trials were made by H.S. Powell in the following month shortly before the machine was seriously damaged in an accident. This resulted in the Burga monoplane being returned to the Avro Works at Manchester in January 1913 for repair and it was not heard of again.
Manufacturers: A. V. Roc and Company, Brownsfield Mills, Great Ancoats Street, Manchester; and Shoreham Aerodrome, Sussex
Power Plant: One 50 h.p. Gnome
Dimensions: Length 29 ft. 0 in.
Production: One aircraft only, first flown at Shoreham 20.11.12
Описание:
- A.Jackson Avro Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)
- M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
- P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
- Журнал Flight
Фотографии
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Журнал - Flight за 1912 г.
A NEW MONOPLANE AT SHOREHAM. - This machine, which incorporates a new idea in obtaining stability, has been built to the designs of Lieut. R. Burga by Messrs. A. V.Roe and Co. Further reference to it will be found in the "Eddies."
The Burga Monoplane at Shoreham in November 1912 with H. R. Simms in the rear cockpit and Lt Burga in the front. -
M.Goodall, A.Tagg - British Aircraft before the Great War /Schiffer/
The monoplane built by A.V. Roe for Lt. R. Burga of the Peruvian Navy, at Shoreham in November 1912.
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A.Jackson - Avro Aircraft since 1908 /Putnam/
The Avro works at Clifton Street, Manchester in early 1912.
The Avro Type E prototype and the Burga Monoplane under construction at the Brownsfield Mills works in early 1912.Другие самолёты на фотографии: Avro Duigan biplane / Type E prototype - Великобритания - 1912
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A.Jackson - Avro Aircraft since 1908 /Putnam/
The Burga Monoplane after its accident at Shoreham in December 1912.
