Grahame-White Type X
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| Type X Charabanc | |
|---|---|
| Type | Five-seat passenger-carrying biplane |
| Manufacturer | Grahame-White Aviation Company |
| Maiden flight | 1913 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Grahame-White Type X Charabanc or Aerobus was an 1910s British passenger-carrying biplane designed and built by the Grahame-White Aviation Company based at Hendon Aerodrome, North London.
[edit] Development
To meet a demand for passenger-carrying flights that could not be satisfied by the earlier two-seat designs, the Grahame-White company designed a large passenger carrying biplane. It was an unuqual-span biplane of the boxkite type with a biplane tailunit with three rudders. It first flew in 1913 powered by a 120hp (89kW) Austro-Daimler engine and the aircraft was entered in the 1913 Michelin Cup. To meet the entry requirements it had to be an all-British aircraft so the engine was replaced with a British-built Green engine. The Charabanc went on to win the cup. To carry passengers the biplane had an elongated nacelle mounted on the lower wing for the pilot and four-passengers. It has been recorded that it once flew with a pilot and nine-passengers for nearly 20-minutes.
[edit] Specifications
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1998
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 4 passengers
- Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
- Wingspan: 62 ft 6 in (19.05 m)
- Wing area: 790 ft² (73.39 m²)
- Empty weight: 2000 lb (907 kg)
- Gross weight: 3100 lb (1406 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Green 6-cylinder inline piston, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 51 mph (82 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 45 mph (72 km/h)
[edit] References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1998
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