Hydrofoil model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR/GAS TURBINE
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0433.001
- MANUFACTURER
- de Havilland
- MODEL
- BRAS D'OR, HMCS
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 180.0 cm
- Width
- 81.0 cm
- Height
- 55.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- deHavilland
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THE 'BRAS D'OR', ALTHOUGH NEVER FULLY FUNCTIONAL, REPRESENTED THE CULMINATION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S HYDROFOIL RESEARCH PROGRAM WHICH, WITH THE DEHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT CO. OF CANADA, THEY DEVELOPED IN A MERE 5-1/2 YRS. IT WAS NAMED AFTER THE LAKE IN CAPE BRETON WHERE A.G. BELL & F.W. BALDWIN TESTED THEIR HYDROFOIL VERSION, THE FIRST IN CANADA. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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'BRAS D'OR' FEATURED WING-LIKE FOILS (SURFACEPIERCING TYPE) WHICH LIFTED THE CRAFT OUT OF THE WATER AFTER IT REACHED A SPEED OF 23 KNOTS. AFTER THIS, PROPULSION WAS TAKEN OVER BY A GAS TURBINE ENGINE POWERING TWIN SCREWS WHICH PRODUCED 30,000 SHP. THIS ENABLED THE CRAFT TO REACH SPEEDS UP TO 62 KNOTS. IT ALSO FEATURED SUPER-CAVITATING PROPELLERS AND A 'COCKPIT' SYSTEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'DEH' ON SIDE
- Missing
- DECK HATCH MISSING
- Finish
- WHITE WITH RED HULL, GREEN FOILS/ POOR CONDITION: PAINT CHIPPED - FOIL SUPPORTS RUSTY, MOST OF MECHANICS MISSING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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de Havilland, Hydrofoil model, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1974.0433, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1974.0433.001/
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