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John Stringfellow (1799 – 1883) of Sheffield, England, was an important pioneer of flight, working with William Henson. He made the first powered flight of a model aeroplane in a disused lace factory in Chard in 1848. The model had a wingspan of 3 metres and was powered by a steam engine. The ultimate aim was a steam-powered air car capable of carrying passengers up to 1000 miles.
\nThe engine cylinder has a 3\/4 inch bore and a 2 inch stroke. A bevel gear on the crankshaft gave the propellers three times the speed of the engine.<\/p>\n

The boiler consisted of a set of cones acting as water tubes, connected to a cylindrical steam tank above.<\/p>\n

The weight of the whole model, including water and fuel, was less than 9 pounds.<\/p>\n

Further reading:<\/p>\n

“Henson and Stringfellow: Their Work in Aeronautics” by M Davy, Science Museum 1931<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2110,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-2113","paleoinventions","type-paleoinventions","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJohn Stringfellow steamplane - Paleo-Energetics | History of low carbon aeronautics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aero.paleo-energetique.org\/en\/paleoinventions\/john-stringfellow-steamplane\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Stringfellow steamplane - Paleo-Energetics | History of low carbon aeronautics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Stringfellow (1799 – 1883) of Sheffield, England, was an important pioneer of flight, working with William Henson. 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