Английская Википедия:Bates Monoplane

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The Bates Monoplane was a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911.

Design and development

Bates developed his first aircraft, a piloted kite in 1898 at the age of 14 at Clear Lake, Iowa. Later as a student of Octave Chanute, he developed his own Шаблон:Convert biplane in 1908 with a similar design as a Curtiss biplane. Bates raced a modified Buick at Daytona with this tricycle gear aircraft.[1] In 1911 he started on an all original design of his own, including a lightweight Шаблон:Convert engine.

The monoplane was built using a wooden fuselage, with a fabric covered oval steel tube tail section. Bates developed his own Шаблон:Convert engine for the aircraft that was also used on the Steinhous tandem biplane, and the Charles A. Hibbard monoplane of the same period.[2]

Operational history

Bates tested and flew his designs at Cicero Field before the airport officially opened. His monoplane demonstrated, and crashed on the same day when the field opened on 4 July 1911.[3] The aircraft was later rebuilt with a 3-cylinder Poyer engine by Heath.

In 1912 Bates Aeroplane company was sold to Heath Aircraft Company.[4]

An example of a 1912 Bates monoplane is in the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin It was purchased in 1918 and stored in a barn until its restoration in 1957.[5]

Specifications (Bates Monoplane)

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References

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