[WWI] RAF BE.9

[Joel Christy]

Hi Edi,
   
  There are plans in Windsock vol. 17 number 6 that I used to build the attached BE 9.  I based mine around an old Formaplane BE 2c but scratch built the wings and pulpit.
  Hope that helps.
   
  Cheers,
   
  Joel

Eduard Werner/Edward Wornar <edi.werner at gmx.de> wrote:
  Hi all,

in "The World's Worst Aircraft" I came across the following little pic of a 
BE.9, a pulpit fighter derived from the BE2c. Personally, it was a plane that 
didn't require a lot of development, flew and never killed anybody so it 
looks like a very good plane to me :)

Are there any other sources of information, esp. pics, out there? I've 
searched the internet without finding anything. No references in "BE2 in 
action" either. But the attached pic cannot show the final state because:

a) the machine gun is missing and the BE.9 had a combat test as a fighter
b) I would expect some upper bracing for the pulpit in a similar way as on the 
SPAD A series to keep the pulpit from flipping into the prop. (It would be 
possible to mount it on the crankshaft, but I cannot imagine they really did 
it that way.)

Cheers

Edi


       
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