- Source: Wright-Bellanca WB-1
The Wright-Bellanca WB-1 was designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca for the Wright Aeronautical corporation for use in record-breaking flights.
Development
The WB-1 was a high-winged monoplane with conventional landing gear and all-wood construction. The landing gear fairings were constructed to extend into wheel pants.
Operational history
The WB-1 was demonstrated at the 1925 Pulitzer Prize Air Races in New York. In the first day's flights, the WB-1 clocked in 121.8 mph in a closed course race. On day two, the WB-1 won, in a payload versus hp and speed efficiency contest, beating a Curtiss Oriole and Sikorsky S-31. In 1926, pilot Fred Becker crashed the overloaded aircraft in a world-record endurance attempt. The aircraft cartwheeled and broke up on a landing attempt.
Specifications (WB-1)
Data from , AerofilesGeneral characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 5 (1,440 lb (650 kg))
Length: 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft (14 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-4 Whirlwind 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 200 hp (150 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed: 115 kn (132 mph, 212 km/h)
Cruise speed: 87 kn (100 mph, 160 km/h)
Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)
See also
Related development
Columbia (WB-2)
References
External links
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Wright-Bellanca WB-2
- Wright-Bellanca WB-1
- AviaBellanca Aircraft
- Wright Aeronautical
- Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker
- Radial engine
- Milton Wright (bishop)
- Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
- Katharine Wright Haskell
- Bellanca 31-40
