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- Comper - Scamp - 1938 - Великобритания
- Fane - F.1/40 - 1941 - Великобритания
The Fane F.1/40 two-seat Air Observation Post was developed from the Comper Scamp, a two seat twin-boom pusher monoplane designed by Flt Lt Nicholas Comper in 1938. Comper saw the Scamp as a really cheap, easy to fly 100 m.p.h. aircraft costing less than ?400 - just what the private and club pilot wanted. The College of Air Training at Brooklands began work on a scaled down version of the Scamp to test the tricycle undercarriage and demonstrate general handling with the pusher installation. The CF-1, as this aircraft was designated, was to have been powered by a 40 h.p. Praga engine, and was scheduled to fly in August 1939. In June 1939 Comper was killed, and it is fairly certain that the CF-1 never flew before the outbreak of war in September that year.
Although the Scamp never materialised it was further developed by Capt Gerard Fane into an AOP aircraft. The resulting design, illustrated here, had a fully flapped and slotted 37ft span wing and was powered by an 80 h.p. Continental A-80 driving a pusher propeller. The original twin-boom configuration of the Scamp was dropped, and the engine was moved to a position high behind the cabin. The one and only Fane F.1/40 was built at Norbury by the Fane Aircraft Company in 1941, and was issued with the RAF serial T1788. It flew at Heston during March of that year and was allotted the civil registration G-AGDJ in September, finally being scrapped some time during the war. In these Aeroplane photographs the Fane is camouflaged.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-03 / ??? - Fane AOP
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] In level flight cruise, the ground adjustable elevator trim tab has undoubtedly been set for zero stick-loading in this condition at which most flying time is spent. The pilot is thought to be the designer, Gerard Fane.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-03 / ??? - Fane AOP
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] In a low speed fly-past with flaps fully down, a little 'up elevator' is required to maintain level flight, the lowered position of the trim tab assisting this setting. The high position of the pilot's seat ahead of the wing provides an excellent view of the forward hemisphere.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-03 / ??? - Fane AOP
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] On take-off, with one notch of flap for maximum lift, the F1/40 is seen just starting to climb after lift-off. A ground adjustable trim tab is now fitted to the starboard elevator, some experimentation being suggested by an earlier photo showing one on the port side.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-03 / ??? - Fane AOP
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] In a slight left bank, the ailerons show a little left bank applied, either to prevent the bank increasing or to level off while the pilot is keeping his eye on the photographer. Outer wing leading-edge slots were shown on a published drawing but cannot be seen in photographs.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-03 / ??? - Fane AOP
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] The F1/40 is flying away out of our listing and its own short existence, no doubt to the disappointment of its designer and the others connected with its production. But, with the bombing raids on British cities and with British forces hard pressed world wide, it was soon forgotten.
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Air-Britain Archive 2005-03 / J.Meaden, M.Fillmore - The Comper lightplanes /The Whole Truth/ (8)
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] The Fane F1/40 high-wing tricycle AOP, with enclosed cabin and civil registration G-AGDJ. Notable are the pitot assembly at the top of the windscreen, the inset steps in the side of the cockpit access, the aerodynamic and mass balanced rudder and the bumper tailskid.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1985-01 / Feedback
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] The photograph was sent in by Mr.L.B. Parkinson and depict the Fane F.1/40 Flying Observation Post. The design is basically that of the Comper CF-1 Scamp whose development was cut short by the death of Nick Comper in June 1939.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1985-01 / Feedback
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] Captain Gerald Fane continued development at Fane Aircraft in Norbury, near Croydon, and it emerged with a single-boom fuselage in place of the twin-boom Scamp. First flight was in March 1941 and serial T1788 was allocated but the Air Ministry adopted the Taylorcraft D as the standard AOP type. It was not flown under RAF marks which appear to have related to the Scamp.
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Air-Britain Archive 2005-03 / J.Meaden, M.Fillmore - The Comper lightplanes /The Whole Truth/ (8)
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] This view of the F1/40 shows the braced tailplane in the high position to keep it above the disturbed airflow from the flaps when extended. At this stage no elevator trim tabs are fitted.
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Air-Britain Archive 2005-03 / J.Meaden, M.Fillmore - The Comper lightplanes /The Whole Truth/ (8)
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] The F1/40 from this angle shows the wide cooling-air intake for the pusher-mounted 80 hp Continental A80 flat-four engine. The white in the paint stripes below the registration, which were a feature of British civil markings of the period, stands out clearly.
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Air-Britain Archive 2005-03 / J.Meaden, M.Fillmore - The Comper lightplanes /The Whole Truth/ (8)
Регистрационный номер: G-AGDJ [11] With wings folded, the aft movement of the C of G made the F1 tail heavy and the rear end was supported by the bumper tailskid, here hidden in the grass. The wing support struts folded back with the wings. Cables indicate that brakes were fitted to the main wheels.
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