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THE "CHINA-MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1940.

ENGINEERING PAGE

"Brab " Has Engine Test

Improved Farming Implements

The "National Agricultural Engineering corporation of Con- ton has just announced that their first batch of improved farm implenicula la on Hale now. The first batch includes grain thresher, 41⁄2" up-land plow, and hand operated water pump, These implements are sold at very reasonble prices, almit at their cost prices.

Wis

Thr NAEC of Canton established Inst July. These im- plements have допе through many experiments and improve- ments at numeroua places by many groups of farmers and ex perts.

It is learned that the groin thresher is very simple in design and very easy to operate, Just by stepping on the paildle. It can be done by a litle boy but its production capacity is equivalent in the work of 80 men,

44" up-innd plow saves The

tims. The man power by five pump em deliver water from

15 foot deep well to a height of 5 feet. Its capacity is three to five gallons per raktute. It is simple and durable.

These implements are on ex- hibition at NAEC Office, 06 Fang Ning Road, Canton now.

also

The NAEC management ammoured that the second batch, including: rice huller, sugar cane erurher, and five sitovel--cultiva- for will be ready in the very near Fre

New Chemical Process Demonstrated

A new chemical process, based on the extraction of wool grease, was demonstrated by diagrams, materials and models at a recent exhibition nation organised by the Inter- national Wool Secretariat at their showroom London. It has long bren known that raw

wool don- tains

six to 60

pe tent. of wal wood grease, and its removal daring scouring gives rise to fac tory effluents which, In many coun- tries, muat, by law, be freed from grense before discharge to sewers or rivers.

The world's largest tandplans, the 130-ton Bristol "Brabazon 'i," is eeen outside her eight- aces hangar at'Filton, Bristol, when her sight ongines, which operate four pairs of contrarotat. ing alrecrows, were tested. Work on building the plant aircraft, outcome:of a £12,000,000 gro- Ject to put British passenger aviation ahead of the world, is almost complete, and her initial flying tests will begin soon. She is the forerunner of aircraft which will fly across the Aan- comfort. In suprame tie at an average speed of 300 miles an hour, carrying 100 passengers

-Associated Press Photo,

Ten-Engined Giants To Link UK, South America

Good progress is being made with the fleet of "Princess" double-decker flying- boats which British Overseas Airways Corporation will operate across the Atlantic to South America in the early 1950s. Three are already taking shape in the Cowes, Isle of Wight, Workshops of Saunders-Roe Ltd., the well known builders of marine aircraft, and materials and parts for four more have been ordered.

great weight they will not need large stretches of water for their take-off and alighting,

In order to speed up docking they

will be equipped to work with the system invented by Sir Arthur Gouge, Vice-President of Saunders- Koo. This scheme calls for a re- tractable automatic

hook

2-20-

The hull of the most advanced of the first three is plated up to and including some portions of the upper deck cabins. The hull of the second is plated up to and including the cabin on the main deck and that of the third has much of the plating fitted to the main deck cabins. Comparable progress is being encouraging: the mission found made with the contre, inner and that the harbours and river es- tuaries of the various countries

an the keel of the boat to outer sections of the wings, each

which they visited were natural engage with

mooring section being being built as a separate structure. All the spars alighting places and in many inning along the surface of the water of the centre section and inner sec- -stances only the installation of from the pontoon or dock to an for the first three boats have pontoons would be needed to make outer buoy or dolphin. After the

is hook them into first-class bases for fly. been completed,

hauled engages, the cable in The high grades of lanolin do-

No unforeseen difficulties haveing-boat services.

by a winch and the flying-boat rived from the finest wool are

arisen in the construction of these

is brought safely and quickly foto dock, already

widely used in the phar 140 ton flying ships, and the only maceutical industry, and for the chan

the original design change from

Great Britain's decision to order. I kinda of cosmetics.

has been the adoption of a new

and operate more flying-boats al bi From cholesterol, also derived method or retracting the wing-tip

many

time when the big airline operators Under the new scheme, front wool grense, scientists have floats.

of the world were giving them up shown that hormone preparations the floats will be aligned with the

in favour of landplanes, was can be synthethised. These prewing-tips when not in use. As a

gosture of confidence in a type of parations are used in the treat ment of certain glandular dis

airliner which has been extensive- ly used by British companies ai orders.

most since regular commercial air transport servicen began.

base of

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result of this change, payload will probably be increased by as much

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Nowhere did it appear either neceranty or desirable to build a apecially enclosed stretch of water In order to secure the conditions needed for the safe operation of these big craft.

Power-Assisted Controls

A Sunderland four-engined fly- Ing-beat is now being fitted with power-operated controls similar 10 which will be installed in the those whi

princess" flying-boats, and should ready to start its tests by the with these controls have revealed Carly summer, Laboratory, trials no inherent defect In them and Saunders-Roe are satisfied that their system, which is remarkable

Progress with the development of the Bristol Proteus turboprop engines which will power the

princess" flying-boats matches that being made with the alr frame. Soon a model of a section of the wing will be sent from the Cowes factory to the Bristol cou- pany's works at Fitton, Somerset,

the for installation of two paired Proteus

но engines be made under conditione similar to those which will be met when the pines are fitted and run in

flying-bonts.

that tents can

There will be 10 engines it all, eight in pairs and two separate unite in the extreme cuter wing positions.

More than a year will elapse before the first of the new flying boats is launched. The launching in planned for December, 1960 and the first flight is unlikely to be made until early in 1951.

If the "Princesa" claas proves

sound, Grost Britain will reap an arguments of its makes is be advantage which will give hør n strong load in the highly competi tive industry of international pr

for its simplicity, will prove ade- transporncipal contentions are

quate to its task.

Like all modera airliners, the "Princes

flying-bosts will be pressurised. The hull is of figure eight section, this being considered the most efficient form of construc-

Tho

that the large flying-boat needs few special facilities for its opera- tion, and that every open stretch of water is a potential alighting place. The construction and up- tion in relation to the requirements keep of huge airports with long, of pressurisation and the accom well-founded modation of the payload.

heavy runways is The pressurising system provides for a sir services. Flying-boats escape charge upon commercial landplane pressure differential of up to eight this

and have b./sq. ft., thus ensuring the main-pay port dues and for special ser- tenance of 8,000 ft. condition's up vices which may be provided for to the maximum operating height. their exclusive use.

When they were first projected, In sur the "Princess" flying-bunts were

of population with laken, bays. intended for service over the North harbours, rivers, or estuaries of The tests will be made from the

Atlantic to fly non-stop between adequate proportions in their close Solent which Recording to Geoffrey

the United Kingdom and New Tyson, Saunders-Rob' chiar test

vicinity can be served by flying- pitat, is about as good a place for York, distance of 3,450 miles. As vicinity

continnops the job as uny In the world. The

bases adjoining some of the larger milos

have to be Northern towns froze over and might contended with,

provide Bild to and

end daring 1951

stand off" and diversion the thaw come and the baser be bring the services to an Η remaining four in 1962 and 1963. capacity in case of delays at ter como unable again. That Is the A misalon sent but under the fatal airports, they were designed main objection raised against the auspices of the British Ministry of Civil Aviation has recently re-

summer, alt the main-coptres

second and third flying-boats will headwinds up to 90 Dowth, in 'winter, the flying-lo

be launched

turned from South America after all-air range of 5,000 miles, Vythebost of the North Atlantic

load

at this extreme mange pay- bo between 20,000 and

route.

surveying the East conist for Various alternative accommoda- could be used aver a wide variety

flying-bont bases. The results were

Tho "Princess". Aying boats

of routes without, imving to carry high fuel disproportionataty

The longest stage on ' load. Honolulu-Fill-Sydney route, for the London-Montreal Vancouver instance, is 8,260 miles, distance well within that economical operat

tion plans have been prepared, all to end, and afterwards separated of which allow generous space for by hand cutting, one out edge being passengers as well as the services closed to form the Loa and the and amenities which are necessary ather forming the top of the well on a long journey. Spacious and of the following sock. In the new comfortable accommodation can be method a few rowe of atliches are provided for up to 100 bassengers knitted in alginate rayon between In addition, ample provision ining range: the socks. No cut in made, but i made for carrying luggage, freight when the string of socks is washed and mail. daring the later finishing pro- cesses, the alginate dissolves, 100ving the *:

*individual socks, Hoparátod.

With their total of some 15,000 horse-power the "Princess" flying- bouts will be able to cruise al 380 miles an hour. In spite of their

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