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A fixed-wing aircraft may have more than one wing plane, stacked one above another: Biplane: two wing planes of similar size, stacked one above the other.The biplane is inherently lighter and stronger than a monoplane and was the most common configuration until the 1930s.
Tandem wing - two main planes, one behind the other. The tandem triple or tandem triplet configuration has three lifting surfaces one behind another. While triplane, quadruplane and tandem designs are relatively uncommon, aircraft with more than four sets of wings rarely occur - none have proven successful.
The Quadruplane serial no N546 was a prototype designed by Wight Aircraft general manager and design chief Howard T. Wright in 1916. Inspired by the Sopwith Triplane [2] and other multi-wing aircraft of its time, it had an unusual arrangement in which the fuselage was placed between the middle two wings with upper and lower wings attached by struts. [3]
This is a category for fixed-wing aircraft with four main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above the other (with or without stagger along the longitudinal axis). Pages in category "Quadruplanes"
The F.K.10 was designed in 1916 by Frederick Koolhoven, [1] the chief designer of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft as a single-engine two-seat fighter. Koolhoven chose the novel quadruplane layout, also used by Pemberton-Billing (later known as Supermarine) for the P.B.29E and Supermarine Nighthawk anti-Zeppelin aircraft, and the contemporary Wight Quadruplane scout.
Aircraft wing configurations are one of the major aspects of an aircraft's design and are a primary feature in aircraft recognition. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
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He responded to the government's request by personally designing a quadruplane aircraft according to the recommendations of Air War: How To Wage It, which was designated as the P.B.29E. [2] [a] The quadruplane configuration was required, as the wing surface area needed to be large enough to lift the aeroplane to the same altitude of a Zeppelin. [6]