Grahame-White Baby

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The Grahame-White Baby was an early British aircraft designed by pioneer aviator Claude Grahame-White in 1910.

Design

The 'Grahame White Baby was a single-seat biplane pusher, of the then orthodox "Farman" layout, with a frontal elevator and a rear-mounted empennage consisting of a biplane horizontal stabilisers with single elevator mounted on the top surface and a single central rudder. As the name suggests, it was considerably smaller than most contemporary aircraft of a similar layout, having a wingspan of only 27 ft (8.2 m). In comparison, the wingspan of a standard Bristol Boxkite was 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m). An unusual feature of the aircraft was the mounting for the 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome rotary engine, which was mounted on a pair of angled beams so that the engine was midway between the upper and lower wings.

The Burgess Company in the United States purchased a licence to build it as the Model E.

Specifications

Data from Lewis 1962, p. 275

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1
  • Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
  • Wingspan: 27 ft 1 in (8.25 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome, 50 hp (37 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 55 mph ( km/h)
  • Endurance: 4 hours

See also

Related development
  • Burgess E
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Notes
    Bibliography
    • Lewis, P. British Aircraft 1809-1914 London, Putnam 1962
    • Taylor M.J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation.London: Studio Editions, 1989
    • Flugsport 1911
    • aerofiles
    • Flightglobal Archive


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