Lowe Marlburian

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The Lowe Marlburian was a 1920s British two-seat monoplane design by F. Harold Lowe.[1][2]

Design and development

The Marlburian was a two-seat braced monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary engine.[1] It was built during 1921 by Lowe at Heaton near Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] The seventh aircraft built by a 20-year-old Lowe, it took 840 hours to build the aircraft, with everything but the engine, wheels, propeller and instruments being made from raw materials.[2] The two occupants sat side by side. It was registered G-EBEX on 7 October 1922, the aircraft crashed on 25 November 1922.[1]

Specifications

Data from [2] Flight

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 9.9 m2 (107 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 204 kg (450 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary engine, 45 kW (60 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph)


References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson 1974, p. 260
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The H.L. "Marlburian" - An Interesting Amateur-Built Monoplane". Flight: pp.328–330. 12 May 1921. 

Bibliography

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-370-10014-X. 
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