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The undercarriage is of the fixed, cantilever, tailwheel type and has a track of 2.10 m (83 in). Each faired undercarriage leg is a strongbox, formed from aluminium sheet and hinged on the lower fuselage longeron. Their tops are joined to a rubber spring shock absorber mounted centrally on
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Aristocrat is flat-sided and built from welded chrome-molybdenum steel tubes. Its enclosed cabin is largely under the wing though the pilot's windshield is ahead of the leading edge and close to the engine; behind the pilot, there are seats for two
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in 1932-3. A photograph shows that this 102-E, at least, had a much-modified undercarriage with the wheels on simple V-struts and with vertical shock absorber legs to the forward wing spars.
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five-cylinder radial engine were completed in 1931-2. The large increase of power raised the
Aristocrat's cruise speed up to 110 mph (180 km/h; 96 kn).
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passengers, who enter by two large doors, and rear baggage space. Behind the wing leading edge, the upper fuselage surface is raised with a fairing.
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Models 102-B to 102-D, with different engines were proposed but not built. Six examples of the 102-E, powered by a 175 hp (130 kW)
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the cabin frame below the pilot's seat. The wheels have brakes. The tailwheel's castoring is also restrained by rubber springs.
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614:Aviation Museums and Collections of North America
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275:Production mode, thirty-one built, Scarab engine.
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562:"Antarctic exploration by air"
443:650 ft/min (3.3 m/s)
304:Specifications (102 prototype)
230:and retractable Zap ailerons (
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544:"L'avion G.A.C. "Aristocrat""
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511:"General Airplanes 102-A"
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589:"Zap flaps and ailerons"
316:General characteristics
123:Design and development
105:General 102 Aristocrat
101:G.A.C. 102 Aristocrat
639:"Bud Field Aviation"
127:The Aristocrat is a
612:Ogden, Bob (2011).
208:Operational history
623:978-0-851-30-427-4
509:Vladimir Yabukov.
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143:and girder
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448:References
353:Wing area:
232:spoilerons
117:Antarctica
644:1 October
550:(433): 3.
548:Les Ailes
516:1 October
484:Aerofiles
480:"General"
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329:Capacity:
309:Data from
228:Zap flaps
194:elevators
187:tailplane
183:tailplane
179:empennage
109:monoplane
64:Designer
659:Category
398:2-bladed
259:Variants
253:N(C)278H
191:balanced
168:uncowled
133:dihedral
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360:Airfoil
347:Height:
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137:spruce
323:Crew:
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33:Role
646:2017
618:ISBN
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384:1 ×
236:NACA
145:ribs
139:box-
129:high
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