London South Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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How Britain Won The Schneider Cup By DOUGLAS MacLACHLAN ESS than seven months of intensive work produced the Vickers-Supermarine S6B monoplane and the Rolls-Royce racing aircraft engine which won for Great Britain perma- nent possession of the Jacques Schneider international seaplane trophy. British partici- pation in this event was not decided upon until the end of January. 1931, leaving only a short time before the race-a time considered insufh- cient for the testing of new planes and engines. Thus it was necessary to develop the designs that were successful in 1929. Externally the 1931 S6B planes were simi- lar to 1929 S6 craft, the chief difference immediately perceptible being the much longer fioats on the new machines. The internal differences were many more in number, and very marked. The 2,300-horsepower Rolls- Royce racing engine -- 211, more powerful than the 1929 power plant but only 6122 heavier-required much larger radiator sur- faces. Water cooling radiators therefore occu- pied every possible inch of the upper and lower surfaces of the wings and the upper surfaces of each float. Oil, requiring similar cooling. was carried in the tail fin, and cooled by passing through radiators located on each side of the fuselage. This increased the efficiency of the oil cooling system by 40'l. Fuel was carried in tanks within the floats. From there it was forced by engine-driven suction pumps to a pressure tank in the fuselage. Much more fuel is put in the star- board float than in the port one to counteract the propeller torque. equivalent, at full throttle, to 500 pounds. On steeply banked turns, due to the great centrifugal force, the fuel supply is cut off, and the engines have to be fed from the pressure tank. When the plane was travelling at speeds between 350 and 400 miles per hour, due to slight inaccuracies of design, a fiuttering of the control surfaces was noticed. To overcome this. small streamlined balances and flaps were built on the control surfaces. The kind of propeller employed seriously affected control on the take-off and landing. The new one, 102 inches in diameter, compared with the other of 114-inch diameter of 1929, caused violent swinging to port. even with full starboard rudder. This was finally remedied by using a propeller 109 inches in diameter. The Rolls-Royce racing engine used by Flight Lieutenant Stainforth on his first attempt produced 2,300 horsepower, an in- crease of 400 horsepower over the 1929 engine, with an increase of only 100 pounds in weight. When using a special fuel containing a high percentage of alcohol, a minor adjustment on the motor raised it to 2,600 horsepower. To effect this change. the twelve-cylinder HV engine had a new supercharger added to it. This supercharger. located in the V of the engine, draws air into the motor at the rate of 250,000 cubic feet per hour. To nr the new design around the nose of the craft, a new type of connecting rod had to be made. With this change, one twenty-five minute oil was used at the rate of 112 gallons per hour. This rate was finally reduced to 14 gallons per hour, with the pure castor oil enter- ing the engine at 80iC. and leaving it at 140iC. With all these difhculties overcome, the S613 was able to set up a world's record of 340 miles per hour over the Schneider course, to win the famous Schneider Cup permanently for Britain. Although this same plane reached a speed of 408 miles per hour for a new world's record, Francisco Angello flew the Italian Macchi sealane at a speed considerably in excess of this during recent trials in Italy. However, when we consider that the Italian plane was built in 1934, six years after the original plans for the Supermarine S6 were made, we can easily see that such an advance is only logical, and does not lessen Britain's achievement. IN MEMORIAM South was shocked by the loss of Jack Parr, who was killed in an automobile accident east of Lambeth on June 1, 1935. Jack had been a pupil of South since 1933, and in that time he made many friends and leaves many happy memories. Tragic, too, was the death of his collie, Napoleon. After five days of grieving, the dog died, heart-broken. A fine dog and a fine master-We tender our deepest sympathies to his family. G. D. SOUTH C. I. Page Nineteen

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li Mickey - - H Strange Pet AST spring a nature-loving student brought to the Normal School a young red-tailed hawk which he had found alone in its nest. He thought that it would be interesting to raise the lonely bird at his home. But as this proved to be a more difficult problem than he had anticipated, he decided to present it to the Science Master at the Normal School. Prepara- tions were made at once to care for this shy. keen-eyed youngster that he might be well pro- vided for in his artificial surroundings. Since he was always on the alert. and preferred mice to any other diet, he was christened Mickey Mickey became the centre of interest at the Normal School. A platform was erected beside a basement window, where he could bask in the sun and survey the campus. The most difficult problem was to provide him with mice. Very often he was obliged to satisfy his voracious appetite with pieces of raw beefsteak. It was great fun to watch Mickey jump onto those hunks, hold them with his sharp, curved claws, and tear off morsel after morsel. He soon came to be considered a pet. He recognized his name and accepted petting readily. He liked company and was pleased to have his friends talk to him through the window. It was interesting to watch him as he sat with his head on one side, looking as if he wished to say, Won't you come in .Pu Gradually he developed real feathers which grew and grew until we thought he should be able to Hy. He occasionally made excursions about the basement, but not on wing. To try his pinions he was frequently taken outdoors and tethered by a long leash. For the summer Mickey was taken to Park- hill, to be introduced to a newly formed falconry club. Mr. McKinnon, who was training the hawks, kindly displayed some of the accomplish- ments of his bird, Lad. He would whistle and she would come Hying from a distance to perch on his gauntleted arm. Probably Mickey would be an apt pupil and be able to perform that same stunt, when he had become acquainted with Mr. McKinnon and realized that he was his friend. We felt sure that in September Mickey would be back in London, a keen falcon, who would prove to be a great asset to the city by ridding it of a few perky, prattling starlings. But we were doomed to disappointment. When we went for Mickey, we learned that he had lived only three days. Experts were of the opinion that he had died from rickets and indi- gestion. Mickey evidently needed many more mice and rats and less beefsteak to keep him in good growing condition. Perhaps if he had had some cod liver oil added to his diet, he might have been able to soar to the high trees at which he gazed for so many days through the window. Tl-IE SWAMP i SOUTH C. I. Long shadowed 'vistas through the swamp Are carpeted with mosses softg Gaunt firs are hung with lichens damp And through the green unfurl aloft. The rotting logs are rnossgrown now, And clad in dainty maidenhairg Small rustling breezes past me blow The pungent perfume in the air Of hemlock thickets, where the deer Seek shelter from the heat of day. A crystal brooklet wanders here, Between the trees that slowly sway Until it tumbles down a ledge And drops into a fern-edged poolg Then, babbling through the yellow sedge, Away it winds, so clear and cool. -Robert Calvert, VA. Page Twenty-one