Dyott monoplane
Dyott monoplane | |
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Role | Sport and touring monoplane |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Hewlett & Blondeau Co. Ltd, London |
Designer | George Miller Dyott |
First flight | early 1913 |
Primary user | G.M Dyott |
Number built | 1 |
The Dyott monoplane was a single-engined, single-seat mid-wing monoplane designed by George Miller Dyott for his own use as a sports and touring aircraft. It proved successful, making a six-month tour of the United States soon after its first flight in 1913.
Design
The Dyott monoplane was named after its designer and owner, George Dyott. He had earned
The Dyott was a single-seat, mid-wing monoplane of clean appearance for its day. The
The low
The tailplane, attached to the top of the fuselage was triangular, without eternal bracing and carrying elevators with a V-shaped gap to allow rudder movement. The fin was very small and triangular; the rudder hinge ran from fin tip to the bottom of the fuselage. Control wires ran externally from about halfway down the rear fuselage.[2]
The aircraft was completed early in 1913; testing was rapid and satisfactory.[1][4]
Operational history
Dyott took the monoplane on a tour of the United States immediately after flight testing was complete. He flew over 2,000 miles (3,200 km) between April and October 1913. The Dyott proved to have good performance ("It goes like a rocket", he wrote) and high reliability, giving demonstration flights across the US from New York to California.[1]
After returning from the US, he entered his monoplane into the London to Brighton handicap, which involved a round trip to
Dyott planned to take the repaired machine on a tour of India.[1] This did not happen; instead, the monoplane was taken over by the Admiralty in 1914.[4]
The Dyott monoplane appeared in a set of cigarette cards issued by Lambert & Butler in 1915.
Specifications
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
- Wing area: 148 sq ft (13.7 m2)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome7-cylinder rotary, 50 hp (37 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
- Stall speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hr
Notes
References
- Goodall, Michael H.; Tagg, Albert E. (2001). British Aircraft before the Great War. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-1207-3.
- Lewis, Peter (1962). British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam Publishing.
- "The Dyott monoplane". Flight. Vol. V, no. 17. 26 April 1913. pp. 454–7.
- "The Dyott monoplane at Hendon". Flight. Vol. V, no. 44. 26 April 1913. p. 1139.