Lowe Marlburian

Marlburian
Role	Two-seat monoplane
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Northern Aerial Transport Company
Designer	F. Harold Lowe
First flight	1922
Number built	1

The Lowe Marlburian was a 1920s British two-seat monoplane design by F. Harold Lowe.^[1]^[2]

Design and development

The Marlburian was a two-seat braced monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary engine.^[1] It was built during 1921 by Lowe at Heaton near Newcastle upon Tyne.^[1] The seventh aircraft built by a 20-year-old Lowe, it took 840 hours to build the aircraft, with everything but the engine, wheels, propeller and instruments being made from raw materials.^[2] The two occupants sat side by side. It was registered G-EBEX on 7 October 1922, the aircraft crashed on 25 November 1922.^[1]

Specifications

Data from ^[2] Flight

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 9.9 m² (107 ft²)
Empty weight: 204 kg (450 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary engine, 45 kW (60 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph)

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Jackson 1974, p. 260
1 2 3 "The H.L. "Marlburian" - An Interesting Amateur-Built Monoplane". Flight. 12 May 1921. pp. 328–330.

Bibliography

Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.

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