Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G
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| name=Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G | image=Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G Rhinebeck NY 10.06.05R.jpg | caption=Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G of 1931, at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome museum, New York State, June 2005 }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=light parasol wing monoplane | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company | designer=Tom Kirkup | first flight=1931 | introduced=1931 | retired= | status=several airworthy in 2009 | primary user=private owner pilots | number built=57 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Nicolas-Beazley NB-8G is a United States two-seat parasol wing light monoplane that was constructed in the early 1930s.
Development
The NB-8G was designed and built by the Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company at its factory in Marshall, Missouri. The first of 57 examples flew in 1931, and most are powered by the Armstrong-Siddeley Genet Mark II engine of {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url = http://aerofiles.com/_n.html|title = Nicholas-Beazley, NB-Standard, Barling|accessdate = 2009-05-10|last = Aerofiles|authorlink = |year = n.d.}} Some were later fitted with the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lambert engine.
The aircraft has a high strut-mounted parasol wing that can be folded to reduce hangarage space required and to permit towing by road.{{cite journal|journal=Popular Aviation|date=December 1931|page=135}} The two crew seats are arranged side-by-side. Initially the cockpit was open, but some examples later had an enclosure fitted. Production ceased in 1935.
Operational history
The NB-8G was advertised for sale at $1,790. It was fully aerobatic. 57 examples were purchased, mainly by private pilot owners in the United States.
Six examples were still extant in 2009, with at least two being fully airworthy. Examples of these can be viewed at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome museum in New York State, and the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur airfield near St Louis Missouri.Ogden, 2007, p. 387
Specifications (NB-8G Genet-powered)
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|prime units? = imp
|crew=1
|capacity=1 passenger or traineee pilot
|length m=6.17
|length ft=20
|length in=3
|span m=11.43
|span ft=37
|span in=6
|lift kg=224
|lift lb=493
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Armstrong-Siddeley Genet II 5-cylinder radial
|eng1 kw=60
|eng1 hp=80
|max speed kmh=177
|max speed mph=110
|cruise speed mph=83
|stall speed kmh=64
|stall speed mph=40
|range km=644
|range miles=400
|ceiling m=5,486
|ceiling ft=18,000
}}
References
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- {{cite book|last=Ogden|first=Bob|title=Aviation Museums and Collections of North America|year=2007|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd|isbn=978-0-85130-385-7}}
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Category:1930s United States civil utility aircraft
Category:Parasol-wing aircraft