Engineering:Remington Burnelli RB-2
| RB-2 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Biplane freighter |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Burnelli |
| Designer | Vincent Burnelli |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1924 |
| Developed from | Burnelli RB-1 |
The Remington Burnelli RB-2 was a 1920s American twin-engined biplane freighter or airliner, designed by Vincent Burnelli with a lifting body fuselage. At the time it was the world's largest commercial freighter. It was the first aircraft to carry a motor car inside its fuselage.
Design and development
The RB-2 was based on the earlier RB-1 airliner, it had improved control surfaces and was powered by two 650 hp Galloway Atlantic piston engines.[1] It had a corrugated metal construction with a dural skin giving it an empty weight of 5 tons.[1] The passenger cabin could be fitted with 25 seats or used for freight.[1]
In 1925 the aircraft was used by the Hudson Motor Car Company as a flying showroom for the Essex automobile.[2]
Specifications
Data from "The Remington–Burnelli Airliner" 1926, p.506, and as noted
General characteristics
- Length: 134 ft 6 in (41 m)
- Wingspan: 78 ft (24 m)
- Wing area: 1,517 sq ft (140.9 m2)
- Empty weight: 9,450 lb (4,286 kg)
- Gross weight: 15,600 lb (7,076 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Galloway Atlantic[3] liquid cooled, 12-cylinder V engine, 500 hp (370 kW) each
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "AeroFiles - Burnelli aircraft". www.aerofiles.com. 13 October 2008. http://www.aerofiles.com/_burnelli.html. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ David Noland (1 November 1989). "The Burnelli Controversy". Air & Space Magazine. http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-burnelli-controversy-15233082/?no-ist.
- ↑ Munson 1982, p.17
Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
- Levy, Howard; Riding, Richard (March 1980). "Burnelli's Lifting Fuselages". Aeroplane Monthly 8 (3): 144–148. ISSN 0143-7240.
- Munson, Kenneth (1982). U.S. commercial aircraft. Jane's. p. 17. ISBN 9780710601209. https://archive.org/details/uscommercialairc0000muns.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1993). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
- "The Remington–Burnelli Airliner". Aviation: 506. April 5, 1926.
- "The Remington-Burnelli "Airliner" twin-engine commercial biplane". Flight (28 June 1921): 581. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200505.html.
- "AeroFiles - Burnelli aircraft". http://www.aerofiles.com/_burnelli.html. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
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