RlOl FLIGHT
PREPARES FUR INDIA. (Official Wireless.) (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 20. When the airship R.lOl is taken out for her trials before leaving for India, her gross lift will be about 172 tons as compared with the 156 tons of the R.IUO. She will have gained an extra lift of 15 tons by the insertion of an extra bay and a further six tons by various modififcations. One compression ignition starting engine has also been obtained to take the place of one of the Pearl engines hereto used, and if it is a success six others will be obtained for the remaining engine cars, and then R.lOl will carry no fuel but heavy oil. It is the aim of the Airship Department to do without petrol, particularly for the voyage in the tropics. One other improvement may yet' be completed before the ship sails. It is believed the problem has been solved of making one of the engines reversible without losing any power, and a special wood propeller is now being made for fitting to this engine. Success in this respect will hllow the. ship to use all her engines instead of reserving one for going astern in case of an emergency.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1930, Page 5
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