P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
Neale Pup
The Pup single-seat tractor monoplane was designed by J. V. Neale and constructed in 1909, appearing at Dagenham during the same year. It had a biplane tail, each plane of which could have its incidence controlled independently of the other. Very large ailerons were featured, and the wing-tips incorporated vertical end plates. A two-cylinder,9 h.p. J.A.P. engine drove a 6 ft. 6 ins. diameter propeller through 3 : 1 reduction gearing. The landing-gear comprised three bicycle wheels in standard forks, the two at the front being carried on the ends of a horizontal transverse bamboo pole. Span, 18 ft. Weight loaded, 420 lb.
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M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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NEALE Pup monoplane (J.V. Neale, Aeronautical Society Experimental Ground, Dagenham, Essex)
A report in The Aero, 31 May 1910 (p.425), stated that Neale had been involved in aeronautics for many years and had built a successful airship twelve years before, in 1898, although this has not been confirmed. However, Neale brought his first monoplane to Dagenham in the middle of 1909, where he tested and improved it, prior to taking it to the Blackpool Meeting held 18 to 25 October 1909. Although the machine was assembled, the weather conditions made flying impractical and Neale complained that his machine had been damaged in a leaking shed. On returning from Blackpool Neale transferred to Brooklands shed No.6.
The Pup was a small tractor monoplane with a triangular section, wooden, braced fuselage girder, originally mounted on a transverse bamboo axle, with bicycle wheels and forks, which were also used at the tail. The undercarriage was improved before the machine reached Blackpool.
The wings were heavily cambered and included chord-wise endplates; stiffeners at the outboard of the outer section provided hinge points for the wide chord, overhanging ailerons. The tail surfaces consisted of a biplane elevator and long trailing rudder behind. An inverted vee-shaped pylon, behind the engine, served to anchor the bracing wires and as a mounting for fuel and oil tanks. Spruce and bamboo were used in the construction of this rather crude machine.
Power: 9/12hp JAP twin-cylinder air-cooled vee driving a 6ft 6in diameter propeller at 3 to 1 reduction by a gearbox below the propeller.
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Span 18ft
Chord 5ft
Weight allup 420lb.
NEALE monoplane 1909-1910 (J.V. Neale, Brooklands Shed No.6)
At Brooklands Neale was reported in The Aero to have made a successful flight on 5 December 1909 on his 'Bleriot' monoplane, when he covered the whole length of the aerodrome at a height of fifteen feet, having previously made several short flights at no great distance from the ground. This was almost certainly on the machine now described, which was considerably different from that taken to Blackpool.
The fuselage girder was rectangular in section with a Bleriot-like undercarriage, with trailing axle and wheels and with a tail skid. The tail unit consisted of a long fixed tailplane extending well forward along the top of the fuselage, with triangular shaped divided elevators and rudder. The wings incorporated shortspan ailerons, inset into the wings. A coolant radiator stood above the fuselage by the pylon in front of the pilot.
Power: 24hp ENV type H four-cylinder water-cooled horizontally opposed.
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