Armstrong Whitworth Ape

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11/30/2007. Remarks by Bernhard Klein: "Three of these experimental single-seat aircraft were built, s/n J7753 to J7755, c/n 144 to 146, to a RAE specification for an 'infinitely adjustable aeroplane' to test various aerodynamic schemes and the first was flown on January 5, 1926. The equal chord, untapered box-like fuselage could be made longer by adding sections. Various sizes of rudder and tail planes could be fitted on a pivot at the rear of the fuselage. The angle of incidence could be altered during flight.

The first aircraft was fitted with a 400 hp Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar Mk.III fourteen-cylinder two-row radial engine, while the latter two were fitted with a 215 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Mk.III seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine. One of the three aircraft crash-landed at Farnborough in 1929 and subsequently the project was cancelled."


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11/30/2007. Remarks by Bernhard Klein: "Three of these experimental single-seat aircraft were built, s/n J7753 to J7755, c/n 144 to 146, to a RAE specification for an 'infinitely adjustable aeroplane' to test various aerodynamic schemes and the first was flown on January 5, 1926. The equal chord, untapered box-like fuselage could be made longer by adding sections. Various sizes of rudder and tail planes could be fitted on a pivot at the rear of the fuselage. The angle of incidence could be altered during flight. The first aircraft was fitted with a 400 hp Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar Mk.III fourteen-cylinder two-row radial engine, while the latter two were fitted with a 215 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Mk.III seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine. One of the three aircraft crash-landed at Farnborough in 1929 and subsequently the project was cancelled."