Trimotor Explained

A trimotor is a propeller-driven aircraft powered by three internal combustion engines, characteristically one on the nose and one on each wing. A compromise between complexity and safety, such a configuration was typically a result of the limited power of the engines available to the designer. Many trimotors were designed and built in the 1920s and 1930s as the most effective means of maximizing payload.

Other - and uncommon - configurations include engines above the wing, as on seaplanes, including in pusher configuration, and an engine on each wing and one on the tail.

The best known trimotors are the Fokker F, Ford AT, and Junkers Ju series aircraft.

Gallery

Ford C-4 Tri-Motor.jpg|Ford Trimotor, a pioneering all-metal triplaneStateLibQld 1 139254 Landing the aircraft, Southern Cross in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1928.jpg|Fokker F.VIIb/3m landing in Brisbane in 1928 after making first crossing of the PacificBundesarchiv Bild 102-00921A, Armstrong Whitworth A.W. 154 Argosy.jpg|Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth A.W. 154 ArgosyAvia 51-Spanish Republican AF.jpg| Only three Avia 51 were producedG-BEDR-Trislander-AirEcosse.jpg|Britten-Norman TrislanderStinson A.jpg|Stinson Model ASavoia-Marchetti S.M.79 flight in formation.jpg|Savoia Marchetti S.M.79 in formation during WW2Bundesarchiv Bild 102-14295, Rohrbach-Werke, Belastungstest der Tragflächen.jpg|Rohrbach Romar under constructionNorthrop YC-125.jpg|Northrop YC-125 RaiderLoire 70.jpg|Loire 70 amphibianAir Melanesiae De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk3 BWU Wheatley.jpg|de Havilland Australia DHA-3 DroverCaproni CA 36.jpg|WW1 Caproni Ca.3 trimotor

List of trimotors

Aircraft name Country of origin Year Developed
UK 1916
UK 1932
Airworthy Terrier[1] US 1928
Russia 1916
France 1932
UK 1926
Czechoslovakia 1933
Czechoslovakia 1935
France 1927
Avis BGV-1[2] Austria 1924
UK 1929
UK 1929
UK 1930
US 1927
Barcala-Cierva-Díaz BCD.3[3] Spain 1919
Batson Air Yacht/Dragonfly[4] US 1913
UK 1928
Beechcraft Model 18 Tiara engine testbed US 1966
US 1937
France 1929
France 1932
France 1927
France 1930
UK 1926
UK 1933
UK 1930
Bloch MB.60[5] [6] France 1930
France 1932
France 1935
Germany 1937
US 1928
UK 1931
Romania 1932
Italy 1928
Italy 1931
Italy 1934
Italy 1929
Breguet XI[7] France 1916
France 1931
France 1933
Bresciani Bre.1[8] Italy 1915
UK 1970
Brown-Mercury[9] US 1928
Italy 1925
Italy 1927
CANT 23[10] Italy 1932
Italy 1935
Italy 1936
Italy 1937
Italy 1937
Italy 1938
Italy 1914
Italy 1916
Italy 1917
Italy 1917
Italy 1929?
Italy 1927
Italy 1928 Caproni Ca.120 (Italy 19??????????????) needs refs-->
Italy 1934
Italy 1934
Italy 1934
France 1919
Caudron C.37[11] France 1920
Caudron C.39[12] France 1921
France 1921
Caudron C.81[13] France 1923
Caudron C.180[14] France 1930
Caudron C.183[15] France 1923
Charpentier C-1[16] France 1935
CNA Delta[17] Italy 1931
Brazil 1943
US 1969
Consolidated XPY-1 (prototype only) US 1929
Consolidated XP2Y-1 (prototype only) US 1932
Couzinet 10[18] France 1928
Couzinet 21[19] France 1931
Couzinet 22[20] France 1932
Couzinet 27[21] France 1928
France 1930[22]
France 1931[23]
France 1932[24]
France 1932[25]
France 1933[26]
France 1934[27]
France 1933[28]
US 1929[29]
US 1919
Curtiss Model H prototype only US 1914
Curtiss NC prototype only US 1918
Bulgaria 1930
France 1932
France 1933
France 1934
France 1936
France 1939
France 1932[30]
UK 1931
Australia 1948
UK 1926
Germany 1937
Germany 1930
France 1929
US 1929[31]
Fabre Trimoteur France 1908-9[32]
France 1926
France 1931
France 1930
France 1930[33]
France 1930[34]
France 1931[35]
France 1931[36]
France 1931[37]
UK 1916
Italy 1931
Italy 1932
Italy 1940
Italy 1947
US 1927
Netherlands 1925
Netherlands 1929
Netherlands 1930
Netherlands 1932
Netherlands 1933
US 1926
US 1929
US 1932
US 1931
UK 1919
UK 1921
UK 1926
UK 1932
UK 1939
US 1929
US 1929[38]
US 1919[39]
Germany 1924
Germany 1926
Germany 1932
Germany 1941
Germany 1943
Japan 1930
US 1927
US 1929
US 1928[40]
US 1920[41]
Australia 1930
France 1920
France 1924
France 1927
France 1930
France 1931
France 1932
France 1935
France 1919[42]
US 1924[43]
Czechoslovakia 1931
France 1926[44]
France 1932
France 1932
France 1933
Spain 1932[45]
Italy 1939
France 1932[46]
France 1930[47]
US 1946
US 1949
Netherlands 1925
Oeffag G6 aka Pola 'G' Austria-Hungary 1916[48]
US 1930[49]
Poland 1934
Poland 1932
Netherlands 1933
Italy 1934
Italy 1936
Piper PA-32-3M prototype US 1966
France 1922
France 1930[50]
US 1928[51]
US 1930
Belgium 1931
Belgium 1935
Germany 1926
Germany 1928
France 1933[52]
Ryan Navion one off modification US 1961
Belgium 1931
UK 1930
UK 1926
UK 1930
Italy 1931
Italy 1930
Italy 1934
Italy 1934
Italy 1937
Italy 1934
Italy 1934
Italy 1939
Italy 1937
Italy 1940
UK 1928
UK 1930
UK 1930
Germany 1915
Germany 1915
Germany 1915
Germany 1916
Germany 1916
Germany 1916
Germany 1917
US 1926
France 1929
France 1932
France 1925
UK 1932
US 1934
US 1930
US 1932
US 1926
US 1964
UK 1930
UK 1927
France 1919[53]
USSR 1929
USSR 1934
UK 1929
UK 1930
France 1933
France 1930
US 1927[54]
Germany 1915
Germany 1916

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Krickl, Dr. Robert Die Flugzeuge der "Avis" Flugzeug- und Autowerke, Verlag Brüder Hollinek, 2012,
  3. Web site: Cierva BCD3 (Barcala-Cierva-Diaz). flyingmachines.ru. 15 September 2015.
  4. Web site: American airplanes: Ba - Bl. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Panorama . Dassault-aviation.com . 2011-01-06.
  6. Web site: Bloch MB-60. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  7. Web site: Breguet XI 'Corsaire'. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  8. Web site: Bresciani. racine.ra.it. 15 September 2015.
  9. Web site: American airplanes: Bo - Bu. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  10. Web site: CRDA Cant.23. 1000aircraftphotos.com. 15 September 2015.
  11. Web site: Caudron C.37. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  12. Web site: Caudron C.39. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  13. Web site: Caudron C.81. Bruno Parmentier. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  14. Web site: Caudron C.180. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  15. Web site: Caudron C.183. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  16. Web site: Charpentier C-1. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  17. Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. . p 131
  18. Web site: Couzinet 10 'Arc en ciel'. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  19. Web site: Couzinet 21. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  20. Web site: Couzinet 22. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  21. Web site: Couzinet 27 'Arc en ciel'. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  22. Web site: Couzinet 30. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  23. Web site: Couzinet 33 'Biarritz'. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  24. Web site: Couzinet 40. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  25. Web site: Couzinet 70 'Arc en Ciel' III. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  26. Web site: Couzinet 100. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  27. Web site: Couzinet 101. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  28. Web site: Couzinet 103. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  29. Web site: American airplanes: Cl - Cr. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  30. Web site: Dewoitine D-430. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  31. Web site: American airplanes: Ea - Ew. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  32. Book: Opdycke, Leonard E. . 1999 . French Aeroplanes Before the Great War . Atglen, PA, USA . Schiffer Publishing Ltd . 116–118 . 0764307525.
  33. Web site: Farman F-301. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  34. Web site: Farman F-303. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  35. Web site: Farman F-304. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  36. Web site: Farman F-306. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  37. Web site: Farman F-310. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  38. Web site: American airplanes: Ha - Hu. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  39. Web site: American airplanes: Ja - Ju. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  40. Web site: American airplanes: Ka - Ku. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  41. Web site: American airplanes: Lo - Lu . Aerofiles.com . 2008-08-15 . 2011-02-14.
  42. Web site: Latham Trimoteur. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  43. Web site: American airplanes: La - Li. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  44. Web site: Lioré et Olivier LeO H-15. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  45. http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5306/figura05yh7.jpg
  46. Web site: Nieuport-Delage NiD-590. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  47. Web site: Nieuport-Delage NiD-740. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  48. Web site: Oeffag G 6. flyingmachines.ru. 15 September 2015.
  49. Web site: American airplanes: O. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.
  50. Web site: Potez 40. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  51. Web site: American airplanes: Pl - Qu . Aerofiles.com . 2008-04-17 . 2011-03-16.
  52. Web site: Romano R-16. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  53. Web site: Tellier 1100 ch Lorraine. aviafrance.com. 15 September 2015.
  54. Web site: American airplanes: Y - Z. aerofiles.com. 15 September 2015.

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