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Zodiac No. 4

Страна: Франция

Год: 1911

Zodiac - No. 3 biplane - 1911 - Франция<– –>Zodiac, De Nissole - l'Albatros - 1910 - Франция


L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)


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Jane's All The World Aircraft 1913


ZODIAC. Societe Zodiac, 10 route du Havre, Puteaux pres Paris (Seine). Aero park: St. Cyr l'Ecole pres Versailles. Established 1896. Capital 850,000 francs.

Model and date. S2.
   1913.


Length.................feet(m.) 38-3/4 (11.75)
Span, upper............feet(m.) 49 (15)
   lower............feet(m.) 36 (11)
Area..............sq. feet(m?.) 350 (32)
Weight, machine......lbs.(kgs.) 1010 (460)
   useful.......lbs.(kgs.) 551 (250)
Motor......................h.p. 50 Gnome
Speed, max..........m.p.h.(km.) 59 (95)
Number built during 1912 ...

Notes.--Wood construction. Control: Ailerons and 1 rear elevator. Upper planes staggered 30 in advance of lower. Quadrilateral fuselage. Piloted passenger side by side. Landing carriage: 2 wheels and 1 skid. Aeroplatte fabric.

The 1912 model was practically the same.


Журнал Flight


Flight, January 13, 1912.

PARIS AERO SHOW.

Zodiac.

   THE Societe Zodiac is yet another of those firms who have, during the past year, adopted the fuselage and the engine-in-front position on their biplanes. In its superficial appearance, their machine closely resembles the Antoinette, with the exception that a staggered biplane cellule is employed for sustaining in place of the latter's single spread of wing. Throughout its whole length the main body is of rectangular section, being constructed on the conventional lattice-girder principle, and is covered in with fabric.
   At its rear end is arranged a horizontal empennage, the elevator flaps, and the directional rudder. Even as regards its landing chassis, the machine preserves its resemblance to the Antoinette. In its springing, however, it employs a different principle. From the axle uniting the two wheels proceeds a vertical mast of steel tubing, which is further stayed thereto by diagonal tubes on either side. From the upper extremity of this mast, the remainder of the aeroplane, consisting of the main body and the sustaining surfaces, is virtually slung, this being carried out by means of a series of brass-capped cotton-covered shock-absorbers. A substantial skid, shaped like a hockey stick, extends forward to protect the propeller. Balancing is controlled by the employment of ailerons.

Principal dimensions, &c. :-
Length 38 ft.
Span 50 ft.
Area 352 sq. ft.
Weight 990 lbs.
Speed 60 m.p.h.
Motor 50-h.p. Gnome.
Price L1.120.


Flight, November 9, 1912.

THE PARIS AERO SALON.

Zodiac.

   THE Zodiac biplane has made no visible change at all since last year, except for the addition of a transparent shield above the pilot's and passengers' seats. Our sketches show this point, and also give a general idea of the machine.
   It must be a wonderfully efficient biplane, for it must be no mean weight, and it does all sorts of passenger-carrying work with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine. The high aspect ratio of its planes must be responsible for this, as well as the saving in head resistance of a neat and clean chassis. One thing, by the way, we must mention; it is extremely welcome - after having had explained a dozen or so machines in rapid French - to come across one who speaks such excellent English as M. J. Labouchere, who flies the Zodiac, and who is looking after the firm's interest at the Salon.

Журнал - Flight за 1911 г.
THE NEW "ZODIAC" BIPLANE. - This, the latest production of the Zodiac Society, was last week tested in the air by M. J. Labouchere at St. Cyr. In general appearance the machine reminds one of the features of the Breguet and Goupy machines, the former by the narrowness of the main planes, the boat-shaped body, and the tractor in front, and the latter by the staggered arrangements of the main planes. The question of rapid dismantling for transport along the road has also been given special attention by the designers.
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1913 /Jane's/
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
The big 2-seat Zodiac of 1911.
Журнал - Flight за 1911 г.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE THIRD PARIS AERO SALON. - The machine at the bottom of the photograph is the Bleriot 100-h.p. "Aeronef," built to the order of M. Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe. On the same side, but towards the centre of the Exhibition, may be seen the Zodiac biplane and the Borel and Deperdussin monoplanes, while opposite are the Train and H. Farman monoplanes and Savary and M. Farman biplanes.
Журнал - Flight за 1912 г.
Side view of the Zodiac biplane.
Журнал - Flight за 1912 г.
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1913 /Jane's/
ZODIAC.
Журнал - Flight за 1912 г.
The pilot's seat of the Zodiac biplane, covered in with non-inflammable celluloid to protect the occupant from the rush of wind.