Miles Aircraft: Miles Merchantman, Miles Kestrel, Miles M.68, Miles Hobby, Miles M.76

Miles Aircraft: Miles Merchantman, Miles Kestrel, Miles M.68, Miles Hobby, Miles M.76





Chapters: Miles Merchantman, Miles Kestrel, Miles M.68, Miles Hobby, Miles M.76. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Miles Merchantman was a scaled up and four engined development of the Miles Aerovan light freighter. It flew in 1947 but the design was abandoned when Miles Aircraft was taken over by Handley Page in 1948. The Miles M.71 Merchantman was intended to follow the successful Aerovan freighter as a larger aircraft built along similar lines. Miles aimed to provide a simple, sturdy high wing monoplane with an easily accessible and configurable cargo or passenger space. This was achieved, as in the Aerovan by mounting the tail unit on a boom from the fuselage top, making access via the rear of the fuselage straightforward. Intended for greater loads the Merchantman was bigger, heavier and more powerful than its predecessor: its span was larger by a factor of 1.33, all up weight by 2.2 and power by 3.2. Unlike the Aerovan the Merchantman was intended to be a largely all metal framed aircraft, though the first prototype and only example built had wooden tail surfaces for speed of construction. The wing trailing edges behind the rear spar were fabric covered. The inner part of this trailing edge carried the usual Miles type flaps, hinged below the wings; the ailerons on the outer sections were, unusually, mounted below the wing in the same way. The benefits of this latter mounting were that they could act as flaps as well as ailerons, drooping when the flaps were lowered; and that, mounted in the lower wing airstream they produced less adverse yaw than a conventional aileron. The overall effect was rather like the Junkers "second wing", familiar from the Ju-52. The Merchantman's extra power came from both the number and choice of engines: ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23744465









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Twenty-five year old hobby still yields lessons in restoration. (restoration of farm tractors): An article from: Implement & Tractor





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From the supplier: James Homann's interest in tractors can be gleaned from his vast collection of restored models, library resources on the topic and toy tractor collection. His restored tractors draw huge crowds during antique equipment shows. Homann considers the challenge of finding parts and trying to repair antique machines as the aspects of restoration that he likes most. He advises those wishing to restore old tractors to first assist someone else before starting his own project.

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Title: Twenty-five year old hobby still yields lessons in restoration. (restoration of farm tractors)
Author: Lynn Grooms
Publication: Implement & Tractor (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1997
Publisher: Agra USA
Volume: v112 Issue: n3 Page: p22(1)

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