INTRODUCING THE...

Royal Aircraft Factory: Farman Experimental no.1

-By, PlanesOfOld-

SO...….MANY...……..WIRES

VERY IMPORTANT FLYING GUIDE

-Takeoff Procedure-

• Takeoff in this aeroplane is quite tricky, one should always be alert so you can keep the plane on course.

• The plane tends to veer left on takeoff (not entirely sure why) but its quite easy to counter by using the rudder (yaw).

• Be warned the plane will jump up into the air quite suddenly and may take a new pilot by surprise.

• Taking off into a slight wind (5mph) shortens the takeoff run even further but you may want to turn off wind after you are in the air as it makes maneuvers a bit dicey.

• A tail wind is not advisable.

-In Flight-
[For flying on PC I highly recommend using the mouse aim controls.]

• First off turning in this plane is very different to say one of those fancy new jets. The most effective sort of turn in this plane is a flat turn.

• Flat turning is achieved in this plane with a simple process, although you mustn't do a flat turn unless you are above 45mph as the plane may stall. Here is how to do a right turn:
  Step.1: roll right very gently until you are in a shallow bank
  Step.2: yaw right 100% simultaneously roll left 100% till the plane turns
  Step.3: now correct your course

-Landing Procedure-

• Landing this is a piece of cake.

• Do not brake

• You cant mess it up unless you brake and do a nose-over

-COMBAT-

• Only a madman (or an idiot) would try to use this plane for combat.

-THIS BUILD-
Well this was a fun one, although I don't think I've ever wanted to smash my computer more than when I was putting the wires on this plane.

-HISTORY-
This was Geoffrey De Havilland's first successful design, His first design although flyable ended up being crashed on its first flight. He salvaged the DH Iris engine from the 'biplane no.1' (inventive name) and immediately began designing a second plane named yes, you guessed it the 'biplane no.2'

Biplane no.2 followed the design of the successful Farman III Biplane
It took its first flight in September 1910.

In 1910 shortly after the first flight De Havilland got a job as an assistant designer and test pilot at the Army Balloon Factory, Farnborough (ABF was later renamed to Royal Aircraft Factory or RAF for short) The War office bought De Havilland's plane for £400 (£45,761 or $60,206 in todays money)

It was then given the official designation of F.E.1 (Farman Experimental 1)

It was used to train several pilots at Farnborough until it crashed in the summer of 1911

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