Construction details of winner in 1927 Schneider Trophy contest; twin-float seaplane with low-wing semi-cantilever construction; geared drive Napier Lion engine having three banks of four cylinders each; wings externally braced above and below by streamline wires; float frontal area reduced 15 per cent; fuselage of monocoque construction with duralumin sheet; wing construction; skin of radiators is entirely flat; gasoline, oil, and water-cooling systems. (See also Aviation vol. 24, no. 11, Mar. 12, 1928 pp. 634 and 652-654, 4 figs)
Supermarine. The Supermarine-Napier S-5
Aero Digest
Aero Digest ; 12 , n 3
1928
2 pages
2 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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