Bragg Smith
G.P. Bragg Smith
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History
George Percy Bragg Smith (Goodall and Tagg incorrectly use Bragg-Smith), an aeronautical engineer, was born in 1878 in New Cross, Kent, the son of Thomas Frederick Smith and Ellen Stokes Smith (née Bragg). The family having moved to Mitchum, Surrey, in 1911 he began construction of a full size automatic stability canard biplane, covered by patent GB190827812(A) of 16 December 1909, but it was not completed. The machine was shown in model form at Olympia in April 1911 and won first prize.
Though his full sized machine was never completed, he produced two flying models based on the design (one with twin propellers) that proved very successful in competition. George Percy Bragg Smith died in 1946.
Company References
- British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
- Flight 15 Apr 1911
- ancestry.com
Project Data
| Project No | Type No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec (Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Biplane | 1909 | Pro(n) | 1 | 1S, 1E biplane | 1 |
Project References
- British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
Production Details and Type Description
Pusher canard biplane, with the lower mainplane curved upward to join the upper at the tip. The canard foreplane featured a large fixed tailplane braced to a central kingpost, with small, seperate elevators behind it; behind the elevators was a centrally mounted rudder set within the fusealge framework. The front skid and twin nosewheel was located below the elevator and rudder. The pilot sat between the aft mounted mainplanes, behind the engine which drove the pusher propeller via a shaft passing below the pilot's seat.
| Specification | |||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW |
| 47 ft | 81 ft 3 in | ||||
| 14.33 m | 24.77 m | ||||
One aircraft only : not completed.
Total Bragg Smith Production1
Page Revision History
Revised at Version 2.0.0- Added Type Description and Specification details.
- Expanded biography.