Описание
Страна: США
Год: 1914
Летающая лодка
Единственный экземпляр
P.Bowers Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 (Putnam)
While producing the standard F-boat for the open market, Curtiss also built custom-designed 'boats to special order. These were usually named to the preferences of their owner rather than being given Curtiss designation.
McCormick Boat. In 1914, Curtiss delivered a special five-seat tractor flying-boat to Harold F. McCormick, who used it for business and to commute from his Lake Michigan home to his Chicago office, a trip of 28 miles (45 km).
The McCormick 'boat was considerably larger than the F, with the cockpit behind the wing and the engine ahead of it as on the 1911 tractor hydro. McCormick's 'boat was eventually rebuilt to put the cockpit and powerplant in the standard F-boat arrangement.
Original specifications:
Span 38 ft 4 in (11.68 m); span across ailerons 41 ft 8 in (12.69 m); length 24 ft (7.31 m).
Powerplant 100 hp Curtiss OXX.
- P.Bowers Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 (Putnam)
Фотографии
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Журнал - Flight за 1913 г.
Another view of the four-seater Curtlss flying boat, showing the arrangement of the engine, &c., and the disposition of the seating accommodation.
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P.Bowers - Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 /Putnam/
Thc Curtiss McCormick flying-boat of 1914 was built as a tractor but was soon modified to have the engine at the rear and the pilots and passengers ahead of the wings.
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Журнал - Flight за 1913 г.
THE CURTISS FOUR-SEATER FLYING BOAT. - What is claimed to be the largest and heaviest hydro-aeroplane ever made has been recently tested on Lake Keuka, near Hammondsport, N.Y. The machine has been built for Mr. Harold F. McCormack by Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss, and follows the general design of his two-seater machine. The wings are of 40 ft. spread, and the machine is equipped with a 90-100 h.p. Curtiss engine. At the hands of Mr. Curtlss it showed a speed of 60 miles an hour along the water and over 60m.p.h. in the air!
