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Radley-England waterplanes

Radley-England waterplanes is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Radley-England waterplanes rather than just read about it. In short: The Radley-England Waterplane was a British floatplane designed and built by James Radley and Gordon England to take place in the 1913 Circuit of Britain race. Damaged before the start of the race, it was unable to compete and was subsequently rebuilt as the Radley-England Waterplane 2 Design and development The Radley-England Waterplane was a twin-hulled flying boat with a parasol-mounted biplane wing.

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Reference excerpt

The Radley-England Waterplane was a British floatplane designed and built by James Radley and Gordon England to take place in the 1913 Circuit of Britain race. Damaged before the start of the race, it was unable to compete and was subsequently rebuilt as the Radley-England Waterplane 2

Design and development The Radley-England Waterplane was a twin-hulled flying boat with a parasol-mounted biplane wing. The wing was of four-bay biplane construction with ailerons fitted to the top wing only. A single horizontal stabiliser and elevator with twin balanced rudders mounted below it were carried on four wire-braced booms behind the wing. It was powered by three 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome Omega rotary engines arranged in line above the wing centre section, each connected by a roller chain to a long shaft at the rear of which was a four-bladed propeller 9 ft 10 in (3 m) diameter. To protect the occupants from the oil thrown out, the front engine was partially enclosed by an aluminium cowling. A number of successful flights were made at Huntingdon in April 1913 with Gordon England at the controls, using a temporary wheeled undercarriage. It was then taken to Shoreham for further trials. During these England ran over a buoy when landing, tearing the bottom out of one of the hulls. The aircraft was subsequently rebuilt in a modified form. The flat bottomed hulls were replaced with a pair of clinker-built hulls made by the South Coast Yacht Agency of Shoreham, each with a pair of tandem cockpits; the Gnome engines were replaced by a single 150 hp (110 kW) Sunbeam 150hp water-cooled engine driving a slightly smaller propeller and wing area was increased by slightly increasing the span of the upper wing.

Specifications (Waterplane 2) Data from British Aircraft 1809-1914General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 2 Length: 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) Wingspan: 51 ft 7.5 in (15.735 m) Wing area: 560 sq ft (52 m2) Gross weight: 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Sunbeam 150hp V-8 water cooled side-valve piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW) Propellers: 4-bladed Lang, 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) diameter Performance

Cruise speed: 60 mph (97 km/h, 52 kn) Endurance: 10 hours

Notes

References

Lewis, Peter (1962). British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam. pp. 408–409. "Testing the Radley-England Hydro-Aeroplane". Flight. 19 April 1913. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Radley-England waterplanes

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Radley-England waterplanes claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Radley-England waterplanes before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Radley-England waterplanes ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Radley-England waterplanes

In research: Radley-England waterplanes appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Radley-England waterplanes in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Radley-England waterplanes is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910s British aircraft, Aircraft first flown in 1913, Biplanes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Radley-England waterplanes outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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