Author: United States Naval Intelligence Office

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 1170

ISBN-13: 9780282005221

Excerpt from Monthly Information Bulletin: Number 1-1922; 15 January, 1922 It was designed as a troop transport or freight carrier.. It is a very large triplane, in general appearance similar to the Bristol Pullman, which is an Old type. There are many dissimilarities in detail between the Tramp and the Pullman, and the Tramp has folding wings and considerable sweep back. The under carriage and landing gear are practically the same and the large spoon-shaped tail skid is the same. The Tramp has a biplane tail with three rudders and adjustable horizontal stabilizer; the fins are not ad justable. The arrangement Of the fuselage requires the two pilots to sit in the nose; behind them and in a central engine room com partment are four 260-horsepower Siddeley Puma engines arranged in two tandem pairs, one pair on each side Of the center line. These engines are geared to two large four-bladed propellers located in the leading edge Of the middle plane, one on each side, and driven by geared shaft from the engine room. It is not positively known but is generally believed that the four engines are so fitted with clutches that they may be used in any combination, two driving each propeller or all four driving one propeller or in the various combinations. This plane with the present installation is known to be decidedly underpower, but no figures or estimated performances have been divulged, although as a troop transport they claim capacity of about 35 infantrymen with the requirement. The plane is fitted with four Imber self-sealing petrol tanks suspended in hangers from the top of the fuselage abaft the engine room, each tank Of 80 gallons capacity. It is planned to equip the plane with full radio equipment, including wireless telephone. It is understood that these two planes have been built for a definite Air Ministry order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.