Remington Burnelli RB-2

RB-2
RB-2
General information
Type	Biplane freighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Burnelli
Designer	Vincent Burnelli
Number built	1
History
First flight	1924
Developed from	Burnelli RB-1

The Remington Burnelli RB-2 was a 1920s American twin-engined biplane freighter or airliner, designed by Vincent Burnelli with a lifting body fuselage. At the time it was the world's largest commercial freighter. It was the first aircraft to carry a motor car inside its fuselage.

Design and development

The RB-2 was based on the earlier RB-1 airliner, it had improved control surfaces and was powered by two 650 hp Galloway Atlantic piston engines. It had a corrugated metal construction with a dural skin giving it an empty weight of 5 tons. The passenger cabin could be fitted with 25 seats or used for freight.

In 1925 the aircraft was used by the Hudson Motor Car Company as a flying showroom for the Essex automobile.

Specifications

Data from "The Remington–Burnelli Airliner" 1926, p.506, and as noted

General characteristics

Length: 134 ft 6 in (41 m)
Wingspan: 78 ft (24 m)
Wing area: 1,517 sq ft (140.9 m²)
Empty weight: 9,450 lb (4,286 kg)
Gross weight: 15,600 lb (7,076 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Galloway Atlantic liquid cooled, 12-cylinder V engine, 500 hp (370 kW) each

Notes

References

1 2 3 "AeroFiles - Burnelli aircraft". www.aerofiles.com. October 13, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
↑ David Noland (November 1, 1989). "The Burnelli Controversy". Air & Space Magazine.
↑ Munson 1982, p.17

Bibliography

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
Levy, Howard; Riding, Richard (March 1980). "Burnelli's Lifting Fuselages". Aeroplane Monthly. Vol. 8, no. 3. pp. 144–148. ISSN 0143-7240.
Munson, Kenneth (1982). U.S. commercial aircraft. Jane's. p. 17. ISBN 9780710601209.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1993). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
"The Remington–Burnelli Airliner". Aviation. April 5, 1926. p. 506.
"The Remington-Burnelli "Airliner" twin-engine commercial biplane". Flight. No. 28 June 1921. p. 581.
"AeroFiles - Burnelli aircraft". Retrieved March 13, 2011.

[aero-1] 1 2 3 "AeroFiles - Burnelli aircraft". www.aerofiles.com. October 13, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

[hudson-2] David Noland (November 1, 1989). "The Burnelli Controversy". Air & Space Magazine.

[3] Munson 1982, p.17