Description of original Bellanca tandem monoplane powered with two Pratt and Whitney Wasp engines installed back-to-back; forward propeller is coupled to forward engine and rear propeller of pusher type is driven by shaft passing through fuselage or cabin structure; tail surfaces attached by means of outriggers to wings; purpose of design is to provide multiengined airplane retaining efficiency and maneuverability of single-engined craft; wing span 83 ft. 2 in.; cylindrical cowling with openings in front and rear end; wing bracing strongly resembles that of Roma plane. (See also Aviation, vol. 27, no. 13, Sept. 28, 1929, pp. 659-662, 6 figs.; Aviation Eng., vol. 2, no. 9, Sept. 1929, pp. 31-32, 1 fig.; Aero Digest, vol. 15, no. 4, Oct. 1929, pp. 146 and 148, 3 figs. and Aeroplane, vol. 37, no. 15, Oct. 9, 1929, p. 904, 1 fig.)
The Bellanca "tandem"
Airway Age
Airway Age ; 10 , n 10 ; p 1660 + 1662
1929
1 Fig.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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