Thomas Moy's tandem-wing monoplane "Aerial Steamer" was a machine of considerable size, having twin propellers each of six-foot
Thomas Moy's tandem-wing monoplane "Aerial Steamer" was a machine of considerable size, having twin propellers each of six-foot diameter and a wing span of 15 feet. It was powered by a steam engine (built by Thomas Moy and Richard Edmund Shill) which developed 3 at 550 and had a tricycle landing gear. When tested in the great Crystal Palace in London, England, during June of 1875, the Moy Aerial Steamer managed to get up to 12 while running on a track. It did not generate enough lift to actually leave the ground but it was a fine effort which incorporated a number of design elements which saw later wide-spread use, such as the use of two propellers and the wheeled tricycle landing gear. The Centennial Of Flight web site mentions that the Moy Aerial Steamer lifted some six-inches off the ground, but that may not have happened.
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