User:TheLongTone/REP D

Type B
Role	Sports aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	R.E.P.
Designer	Robert Esnault Pelterie
First flight	1910

REP B single seat monoplane produced by Robert Esnault-Pelterie in 1911 D two seater

The Type B was exhibited at the 1910 Paris Aero Salon

Design

diamond-section fuselage constructed, like previous Esnault-Pelterie designs, entirely from steel tubing. Tail surfaces also steel, elongated fixed fin with a D-shaped rudder hinged to the trailing edge and a small supplementary rudder under the fuselage. Non-lifting horizontal stabilised Tapered wings with a curved trailing edge, wooden two spar construction, I section ash spars.

Undercarriage consisted of a pair ow mainwheels in axles attached to the lower longeron, braced bd a strut bungee cords a single central skid projected forwards and was braced by a strut with an oleo-pneumatic damper Covered in rubberised fabric. In order to make the aircraft distinctive, this was coloured red.

Controls, joystick on left & lever on right to control the rudder

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Specifications (Type B)

Data from Flight, December 10 190, p

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1
• Length: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 25 m² (270 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
• Gross weight: 165 kg (363 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × REP 5-cylinder air-cooled semi-radial, 37 kW (50 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Normale, 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)