Engineering:Zerbe Sextuplane
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Short description: Aircraft design, ca. 1908
Sextuplane | |
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Role | Experimental aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Designer | James Slough Zerbe |
Introduction | 1908 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Zerbe Quintaplane |
The Zerbe Sextuplane was an unconventional early aircraft designed by James Slough Zerbe around 1908. The aircraft mounted six wings, heavily staggered, above a framework on which the pilot sat; propulsion was provided by a single propeller mounted in a tractor configuration.[1] No record survives of the Sextuplane's performance.[2]
References
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerbe Sextuplane.
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