FLIGHT International, 31 March 1966

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ki aircraft as basically simple as the Wallis WA-l 16 obviously requires less dissection than do most others accorded the "Flight" technical-artist
emb"crm'h the d namic
Y principles ofthe autogyro are perhaps as complicated as those of any other kind of flying machine; the WA-l 16
attach Af e S U ' t °^ e l ? ' l t years' painstaking research and is built under several Wallis patents. Sample blade sections and the mass balance
ocnment details are shown at upper left, adjacent to the control circuit schematic diagram. Above is a three-view drawing of the WA-l 16

J ("jot-static head 15 Throttle 28 Master ignition switch 44 Rubber insulated engine mounts
\ Wool tuft drift indicator 16 Fuel pressure gauge 29 Bulkhead 47 Spin-up disengagement springs
17 Fuel tank pressurisation pump 30 Headrest 48 Cylinder-cooling baffle
(2 Ib/sq in) 31 T-section light-alloy braces 49 Modified McCulloch 4318 72 b.h.p.
18 Seat pan 32 Control tubes flat-four two-stroke engine
19 Simple lap-strap 33 Pylon 50 Carburettor air intake
rubber abs rb 20 Rotor spin-up drive control—con- 34 High-speed flexible drive 51 Rubber spin-up drive wheel
1 expandin° nected by double (push-pull) Bow- 35 Commercial epicyclic gearbox 52 Spin-up drive drum
ir « den cables to engine and rotor head
engagement mechanisms
36
37
Tachometer generator
Rotor brake
53
54
Laminated beech propeller
Steel mass-balance
21 Knock-off handbrake working on 38 Teeter roller-bearing housing 55 -jVth birch ply covered with fabric
r.p.m. all three wheels 39 Bearing adjustment Si Spruce ribs
22 Gimbal-type control assembly 40 Rotor brake handle 57 Blade-lock attachment fixture
23 Undercarriage trailing link 41 Roll spindle 58 Tailwheel
j n l t l v e »<"meter 24 Pressurised fuel tank (8 Imp gal) 42 Pitch gimbal yoke 59 Main frame 2in dia aluminium tube
J Gl«s.f,breb cowling 25 Coil*spring strut 43 Rotor head fixing plate 60 Undercarriage pivot
" Control stickstick 24 Rubber block rebound 44 Steel engine bearers 61 Main landing gear
27 Glass bowl fuel filter 45 Magneto 62 Teeter-stop balance weights