Greene 1910 Biplane
| Greene 1910 Biplane | |
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| Greene 1910 Biplane | |
| Role | Pioneer era aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Dr. William Greene |
| Number built | 4 |
| Developed from | Greene 1909 Biplane |
In early 1910, Dr. William Greene designed, built and sold the successor to his own 1909 biplane in Mineola, Long Island at the Aeronautic Society's facility. This aircraft was a fairly conventional biplane in the Farman style. By mid April 1910, Greene had left New York City and moved to Rochester, NY to start a company to produce aircraft of his own design.
Design and development
[edit]Greene built the first of his 1910 biplanes for Roy W. Crosby of San Francisco, CA. This aircraft was originally equipped with a Curtiss motor but on later models, he used the Elbridge 2-stroke Featherweight motor instead.[1] The aircraft was designed to provide lateral control in a way that avoided the Wright brothers patent. It was equipped with a single forward elevator and a horizontal stabilizer with a movable rudder in the rear. The elevator was wired to work in conjunction with a flap that was attached to the trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer. Ailerons were attached to the rear wing struts and were actuated by a Curtiss style shoulder control. Later models had wingspans of 30 ft (9.14 m) and 37 ft (11.28 m)[2]
Specifications (Greene 1910 Biplane - Crosby)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 29 ft (8.8 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft (8.8 m)
- Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss B-8 V-8 air-cooled piston engine, 40 hp (30 kW)
Performance
References
[edit]- ^ Angle, Glenn D. (1921). Airplane Engine Encyclopedia. Dayton, Ohio: THE OTTERBEIN PRESS. pp. 181, 182.
- ^ Aeronautical Society of America; Aero Club of Pennsylvania (1907). Aeronautics Vol. 7-8. Smithsonian Libraries. New York. pp. 43, 83, 213.
