Grahame-White Baby
| Grahame-White Baby | |
|---|---|
| Role | trainer |
| Manufacturer | Grahame-White |
| Designer | Claude Grahame-White |
| First flight | 1911 |
| Number built | ca.6 |
The Grahame-White Baby was an early British aircraft designed by pioneer aviator Claude Grahame-White in 1910.
Contents
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
- 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
