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Train 1910 monoplane
Role Sports Aircraft
Designer Emile Train

The Train monoplanes were a series of early French sports aircraft constructed by Emile Train


Design

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high-wing monoplanes of a similar configuration to the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, with an uncovered triangular section fuselage with a single upper and two lower longerons. Exxtensive use of metal, only the skids and the wing ribs wood.[1]

Single seater: two seater differing in having span increased by 1.5 m (10 ft 2 in) to ((convert 10.7|m|ft||abbr=on}}.

The aircraft flown by Train in the Paris Madrid race was a two-seater, powered by a 70 hp Gnome Gamma and fitted with a streamlined nacelle. 26&nbspft 3 in wingspan, 172.24 ft2 An Explanation Of The Accident.The Times (London, England), Monday, May 22, 1911; pg. 7; Issue 39591. (342 words)

Shown at the 3rd Aero Salon in 1911. Aluminium ribs, intended to eliminate the danger insects in tropical climates.[1]

1912 3 seater [1]

1912 school at Mourmelon [2]

1912 Seven delivered in February. Both one & two seaters [3]

Manufacture by the Astra company [4]

Seaplane (Astra-Train) single float [5]

Operational history

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Train constructed his first aircraft at Meudon in 1910, using it to gain his pilot's license on 9 August, only fifteen days after his first flight.[2]





Specifications No. 2

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 16 m2 (170 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Omega air cooled 7-cylinder rotary engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Chauvière Intégrale, 2 m (6 ft 7 in) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 75 km/h (47 mph, 40 kn)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Au 3e Salon se Aéronautique". 'Aérophile: 378–9. 15 August 1911. Cite error: The named reference "Aero378" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Emile Train". 'Aérophile: 377. 15 August 1911.

References

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Opdycke, L.E. French Aeroplanes Before the Great War Atglen, PA: Schiffer 1999 ISBN0 7643 0752 5


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