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Bliss Titan

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Circa 1920s the Titan major parts are interchangable with the 9 cylinder Jupiter engine. The accessories are grouped at the rear of the engine. An Eclipse starter was available at extra cost.

Type: 5 cyl air-cooled radial
Rating: 225hp at 1800rpm
Displacement: 842 cu.in
Compression ratio: 5-1
Bore: 6.75 in
Stroke: 6.5 in
Weight: 500 lb dry
Fuel consumption: not more than .065 lb/hp/hr
Oil consumption: not more than .0012 lb/hp/hr
Lubrication: Pressure pumps
Ignition: 2 H.T. Magnetos
Carburation: Bristol Triplex
Spark plugs: 1 per cyl K.L.G.

Bliss Jupiter

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The 1920s Bliss Jupiter featured cylinder barrels of steel, and aluminium heads secured to the barrels by studs and set screws. Invar sleeves were fitted under the nuts to compensate for unequal expansion. The piztons were of cast Y-alloy (Nickel-Aluminium).

The Jupiter was supercharged and a 2-1 epcyclic reduction gear was optional. An Eclipse starter cost extra.

Type: 9 cyl radial, air-cooled (Approved Type Certificate)
Rating: 525hp at 1700rpm
Displacement: 1750 cu.in
Compression ratio: 5-1
Bore: 5.75 in
Stroke: 7.50 in
Diameter: 54.75 in
Weight: 720 lb
Fuel consumption: not more than .50 lb/hp/hr
Oil consumption: not more than .035 lb/hp/hr
Lubrication: Pressure pump, 40 lb/sq.in
Ignition: Dual GE Magneto
Carburation: Bristol Triplex
Spark plugs: 1 per cyl. K.L.G.

Hinz BL.1 Kea

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A plans built two-seat composites monoplane. Built without moulds, the wings and tailplane can be detached like a glider.

Engine: Limbach L2400, 90 hp
Wing span: 10 m
Wing area: 12 sq.m
MAUW: 720 kg
Empty weight: 440 kg
Fuel capacity: 100 lt
Max speed: 270 kph
Cruise speed: 245 kph
Minimum speed: 85 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Seats: 2
Fuel consumption: 13 lt/hr
Plan price (1998): 1500 DM

Bley M-Condor

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The 1935 Bley Flugzeugbau GmbH M-Condor was an experimental monoplane designed by Heini Dittmar at the request of the pilot Peter Riedel.

The 18 hp Kröber engine was mounted on six uprights and was possibly removable.

Based on a Dittmar Condor, (powered by Bley-Flugzeugbau, Namburg a. S.) the first flight was in mid-May 1935.

Engine: Kröber, 18 hp
Wingspan: 17.24 m
Wing area: 13.2 m2
Length: 7.6 m
Height: 2.6 m
Empty weight: 260 kg
MTOW: 350 kg
Seats: 1

Blessing Rebell

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Designed and built by Herr Gerhard Blessing of Hamburg, this single-seat homebuilt motor glider has provision for carrying a second occupant, and the wings can, at the choice of the builder, be made in two, three or four parts. To assist the amateur constructor further, no component of the aircraft is more than 3.5m (11ft 5.75in) long, and the fuel tank and several other components are standard car items obtainable from the motor industry.

The Rebell is a mid-wing monoplane of basically steel tube construction with wood covering; the wings can be
folded for storage and the vertical tail surfaces are swept back, with a dorsal fin. Landing gear consists of a non-retractable semi-recessed monowheel supplemented by a balancer wheel under each wing about halfway along the semi-span, plus a tailwheel.

The prototype Rebell, registered D-KEBO, first flew on 3 June 1973 powered by a 54hp Hirth M28 two cylinder engine driving a Hoffman two-blade pusher propeller that could be feathered for soaring flight.

In 1975 a modified Volkswagen engine was fitted which had a slightly larger air intake.

The fuselage has been redesigned to take a 62hp Limbach SL 1700 engine in the nose, and the Rebell was expected to fly again in this form early in 1980.

Engine: Hirth M28
Span:49 ft 2.5 in
Length: 24 ft 7.25 in
Wing area: 182.0 sqft
Aspect ratio: 13.2
Empty weight: 926 lb
Max weight: 1,366 lb
Max speed: 124 mph
Economical cruising speed: 93 mph
Best glide ratio: 24:1

Bleriot-Zappata 110

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The Bleriot-Zappata 110 was ordered by the French Air Ministry for record breaking flights. In December 1930, piloted by Bossoutrot and Rossi, it raised the world duration record to 67 hrs 53 min. Fifteen months later the same crew set a closed circuit distance record of 6703 miles. Over 5-7 August 1933 Codos and Rossi flew non-stop from New York to Rayak, Syria, establishing a straight line distance record of 5654 miles.

Bleriot-SPAD 710

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The last fighter design of Andre Herbemont to bear the SPAD designation, and intended to participate in the 1934 fighter competition, the Bleriot SPAD 710 was a single-seat, single-bay biplane of all-metal construction with a duralumin monocoque fuselage and an 860hp Hispano- Suiza 12Ycrs 12-cylinder Vee liquid-cooled engine. It had a proposed armament of one engine-mounted 20mm cannon, four wing-mounted 7.5mm machine guns and one aft-firing 7.5mm gun in the rear fuselage.
The Bleriot SPAD 710 embodied inward-retracting main undercarriage members, a completely enclosed cockpit with aft-sliding canopy and a V-type or “butterfly” tail assembly. The initial flight took place in April 1937, and, on 8 June, 300km/h was exceeded in level flight with the undercarriage extended. A week later, on 15 June, tail flutter developed at an altitude of only 200m and the aircraft crashed, killing the pilot, Louis Massotte. Further development was then abandoned.

Wingspan: 8.84 m / 29 ft 0 in
Length: 6.50 m / 21 ft 4 in
Height: 3.20 m / 11 ft 6 in
Wing area: 22.0 sq.m / 236.81 sq ft
Max. speed: 470 km/h / 292 mph