Nicholas-Beazley NB-3

The Barling NB- 3 was an aircraft that was designed in the 1920s by the American Walter Barling ( 1890-1965 ).

Description

The NB- 3 is a tandem - wing monoplane with open cockpit, conventional spur -wheel drive and has a double tax for pilot and flight instructor.

The hull was constructed in welded steel tube and covered with fabric. Used in the wings Walter Barling a then novel metal bilayer. The aluminum skin having a smooth outer surface was prepared by rolling and pressing. The U-shaped spar was also made of aluminum. The aircraft was powered by a 60 hp 3-cylinder radial engine from the British Anzani Motor Company. The first flight took place in 1928. In episode 76 specimens with different engines of the Nicholas - Beazley Airplane Company in Marshall, Missouri were produced. 1929 adopted a modified NB- 3L in part at the National Air Races in the United States.

Engine variants

  • NB -3 with Anzani 60 hp ( 45 kW), which were only fitted 3 piece
  • NB- 3G with Armstrong Siddely Genet Mk II 80 hp (60 kW)
  • NB- 3L with Lambert 90 hp ( 67 kW )

The NB -3 hull was widened so that in the cockpit seating arrangement was up to 3 persons. This variant of NB- 3 was in 1930 with the type designation NB- 4 side-by -side version with Armstrong Siddely Genet Mk II 80 hp (60 kW) produced eight times.

Technical data of NB- 3

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 6.68 m
  • Wingspan: 9.98 m
  • Surface profile: Barling 90 -A
  • Powerplant: 1 × Anzani radial engine, 60 hp ( 45 kW)
  • Propellers: two-blade
  • Maximum speed: 87 kn, 161 km / h
  • Cruising speed: 74 kn, 137 km / h
  • Stall speed: 52 knots, 97 km / h

Swell

  • Nicholas - Beazley Aircraft Company Museum
  • Joseph P. Juptner: U.S. civil aircraft, Volume 4, page 264
  • Civilian aircraft type
  • Single Engine aircraft
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