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| The Silver Dart was less famous than June
Bug but was a far more successful flying machine. Sponsored by McCurdy, it had a 50hp Curtiss water-cooled V-8 engine, biplane forward elevators, and no rear stabilizer. Instead of being connected directly, the engine drove the propeller by a chain and sprockets.
First flight was at Hammondsport on 6 December, 1908, with McCurdy
flying. It was moved to Baddeck where it made the first flight in Canada on
23 February, 1909, again with McCurdy piloting.
Peter M. Bowers "Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947", 1979
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| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 390 kg | 860 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 14.93 m | 49 ft 0 in |
| Wing area | 39 m2 | 419.79 sq ft |
| Graham Clayton, e-mail, 13.02.2021 03:36 "Instead of being connected directly, the engine drove the propeller by a chain and sprockets."
Sounds like a very inefficient system. reply | | Noname, e-mail, 31.03.2020 10:24 First flight was at Hammondsport on 6 December, 1908 -- always have the people who don't stop human dreams. reply |
| Tony Soulis, e-mail, 18.01.2010 17:56 If the wingspan was 48' 12" - then shouldn't the wingspan number be 49'? reply |
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