M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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WYNN monoplane (Charles and William Lea Wynn, Buckinghamshire)
These brothers built a monoplane in the early part of 1909, incorporating a Peugeot racing motorcycle in its construction.
A chain drive from the engine was taken to a shaft above the machine, where a bevel gearbox turned the drive through a right angle. Tractor and pusher propellers were mounted on the shaft, which was carried in bearings in a tubular member extending fore and aft beyond the length of the motorcycle. The wing, front elevator, tailplane and rudder were also mounted on the fore and aft member. Additional tubes carried outrigger wheels for stability on the ground.
In the summer of 1909 the machine lifted briefly from their small ground, except for one of the outer wheels, and suffered damage as a result.
The engine was later removed and the monoplane was flown as a glider. It was eventually presented to the Stoney Stratford Aero Club (q.v.).
Power: Peugeot vee twin-cylinder air-cooled of 97m/m bore & 120m/m stroke.
Data
Span 26ft
Chord 8ft
STONY STRATFORD Aero Club glider (Old Stratford, Buckinghamshire)
This model club was presented with the Wynn Glider (q.v.) at the beginning of 1913. This had been made originally as a powered machine, but was later tried as a glider. The first test on 15 February 1913 showed the need to fit wheels and a seat. The machine was a monoplane of 'tail-first' type with a span of 32ft and weighed 50 lb.
P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
Wynn Monoplane
The Wynn Monoplane of 1909 was constructed by the brothers Charles and William Lea Wynn of Buckinghamshire. The wings of 26 ft. span and 8 ft. chord were mounted on top of a Peugeot racing motor-cycle whose engine drove two propellers mounted fore and aft of the machine. Front and rear elevators and a rear rudder formed the control surfaces.
