Hordern-Richmond Autoplane - An Aristocratic Delight
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The Hordern-Richmond Autoplane was designed by Edmund Hordern and Freddie Richmond, 9th Duke of Richmond. It was both simple and successful but events conspired against it ever going into production.
Music: 'Honeysuckle' by Honeyroot
Maps courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
Photos with thanks to the late Jack Meaden, Air-Britain and others
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The old Duke must have been freaked out when the heir took up motor racing.
No doubt at all. Freddie March ran his own team in the early 1930s and stopped competing himself; it was probably part of the reconciliation. He proved himself a very worthy steward of the estate; Goodwood as we know it is very much his legacy. I am very fond of Goodwood, having learned to fly there 35 years ago.
Hordern-Richmond still in the business of crafting wood propellers, for Spitfires for example from hydulignum, in Gloucestershire.
Indeed they are; part of Hercules propellers🙂👍
The ERCO Ercoupe used a similar control configuration, and coincidentally, a Continental powerplant. Single engine, though.
The Ercoupe had 2-axis interlinked controls. The Autoplane was 3-axis with no interlink. Controls were explained in the narrative.
I found the story very interesting, there were a number of people like The Duke between wars who dabbled in aircraft design most were failures but this one might have had a future had the depression and then the war not come along.
I thought your presentation was excellent, clearly well researched, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind comment. I believe the aircraft was fundamentally very good, events conspired against it. More similar content soon 🙂
What a handsome airplane. It looks to have been built light and it was doubtless a good flyer. I'd be afraid of the unconventional controls, though. I wonder why they did it. Two A-65s in place of the A-40s would have turned it into a hotrod perfect for cow pastures. Look at the size of that wing. I'll bet it floated along like a dandelion puff.
The unconventional controls meant that anything like controlling an engine failure became (in theory) a single-handed operation. Not for long, as the single operating 40 h.p. engine merely propelled the aircraft to the scene of the accident! I agree with you; removing the rudder pedals was solving a problem that didn't actually exist. The Klemm / Swallow wing is indeed very efficient, it will feature in another film very soon. Incidentally, the Autoplane was built at Heston, again, to be featured soon.
Other than the strange setup of the flight controls it looked to be a decent design. It probably would have been fitted with Cont. A-65 engines after the war along with other refinements, but with the state of the British economy after the war, it probably would not have gone on for long.
I think that is a very fair assessment. The hand controlled rudder was an elegant solution to a problem that didn’t really exist!
Informative and entertaining Thanks
My pleasure, it was fun to research and produce that film.
Very interesting Aircraft. It looks like it would be a very economical starter for some one today. Nice and simple
The engine cowls look like the nose of a Piper Cub, unsurprisingly.
Yea, who’d have thunk it?!
Sad little bit of lost history.
Two 40 hp. Quite remarkable …
A really delightful aeroplane 👍
Elegantly described
Thank you 🙂
Beautifull story, thanks to you for sharing. Was a good-looking aircraft, it is a shame this cannot be produced in mass. British have some of the most beautiful, and well done, aircraft designs in aviation history. By the way, nice target for a Flight Simulation development :)
Flight simulation is a great idea, would really bring the aircraft to life 👍
There was an airworthy GAL ST-25 Monospar based at an aerodrome where I lived many many years ago, sadly it was destroyed when it caught fire during refueling in 1986.
Oh dear, always a latent risk but what a great shame.
Fascinating!
The control column wheel/rudder combo is actually genius. Funny it never caught on, "Stick with rudder" would have been easier co-ordination in this way rather than "Stick and rudder" mixture of hands and feet.
It is clever, but a solution to a problem that didn't really exist.
Interesting Aviation History. Doesn't Piper Have Something Similar With The Rudder-Aileron Interconnect?
No interconnect on the Autoplane, normal 3 axis controls. I carefully explained the control system in the narrative; the column moved sideways to control the ailerons, the wheel rotated to control the rudder.
Goodworth is in same family still ?. Smashing little synopsis of a handy plane, very well presented. Any more?. Thanks. Dave
Goodwood, not …worth 🤔 yes, Freddie Richmond’s grandson runs it now. Lots more films about obscure British aeroplanes on the way, and other stuff too 👍
Nice to see the late Mike Jerram's delightful Air Knocker cartoon at the start!
He drew the cartoon around 50 years ago when he wrote an article about G-AEFT for Pilot magazine!
@@FlyingForFunTrecanair Ah, just seen your other videos (which will be keeping me occupied for several evenings) all becomes clear! I have that copy of Pilot somewhere, cracking article from a great author.
@@Hooligan-F8F January 1975 edition 🙂
Delightful
As always, a very interesting snippet of aviation history! The Autoplane was a neat looking design!
Just wondering where the phrase "go for a Burton" came from... Thanks for sharing, Nick!
There are several explanations for ‘gone for a burton’, I’m not sure which one is correct.
@@FlyingForFunTrecanair Obviously a British witticism of mysterious origin. LOL I assume it generally means to disappear.
Is it correct to think that this airplane flew 2 people with 2 40hp engines? I guess the plans are long gone. Thank you, Nick.
Yes, it flew two people very well. There was room and payload sufficient to carry a third person although the prototype never had the third seat fitted. I don’t believe the plans exist any more.
Another good story
Lots more on the way!