From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Review and advertisement for the J-2 Taylor Cub light aircraft, featuring a Servais silencer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 18th July 1936 | |
| The new J-2 Taylor Cub is one of the most interesting light aircraft that has come to this country from abroad. It is made by the Taylor Aircraft Co., of Bradford, Pennsylvania, and is marketed in this country by A. {Mr Adams} J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} Walter, of Tollerton Airport and 23, St. {Capt. P. R. Strong} Petersburg Place, Bayswater, London, W.2. The machine is a tandem two-seater cabin high-wing monoplane and is the only light aircraft on the English market which is fitted with an efficient exhaust silencer as standard equipment. The engine is a Continental A-40-3 air-cooled horizontally opposed 4-cylinder unit developing 37 h.p. at 2,700 r.p.m. By the use of the Servais silencer, it has been possible not only to silence the engine to such an extent that the tappets can be heard when the engine is running at normal revolutions per minute, but to increase the maximum revolutions by some 50-100 r.p.m. Successful Silencing This silencer, which is made by Servais Services, Ltd., of, Old Pye Street, Westminster, S.W.1, has already been supplied in quantity to the motor trade and the first application to aviation engines must be considered as a complete success. In fact, on the Taylor Cub any little roughness in the engine was accentuated in flight, the machine having no sound-proofing equipment whatsoever, but it was possible to converse normally in the cabin. The cockpit is exceedingly roomy for so small a machine, there being ample room in either of the tandem seats for the use of the dual control with which the aircraft is fitted. On the left-hand side half the fuselage hinges down and the window or upper part hinges upwards, allowing easy entry to either seat. On the opposite side is a hinged window which, when opened for ventilation purposes, does not create too much draught. There is a small luggage space behind the back seat. The throttle control is a long rod on the left side which can be used by either pilot. Some better arrangement, we felt, The forward part of the fuselage, showing the Servais silencer 240 The Taylor “Cub” FIRST: Portsmouth Air Trophy Race SECOND: Shoreham and Back Race AT PORTSMOUTH AIR PORT Sat. July 18th, 1936 PERFORMANCE Top Speed .................. 87 m.p.h. Cruising Speed ............ 70 m.p.h. Landing Speed ............. 28 m.p.h. Climb ..................... 450 ft. 1st min. Service Ceiling ........... 12,000 ft. Cruising Range ............ 210 miles Gliding Angle ............. 10 to 1 Gas Consumption ........... 2 1/4 gal. hr. Oil Consumption ........... 1/4 pt. hr. Wing Span ................. 35 ft. 2 1/4 in. Length overall ............ 22 ft. 5 in. Height overall ............ 6 ft. 8 in. Wing Area ................. 178 1/2 sq. ft. Wing Loading .............. 5.44 lbs. sq. ft. Fuel Capacity ............. 7 1/2 gallons Oil Capacity .............. 4 quarts FITTED WITH “SERVAIS” SILENCER Added to the CUB that made sales history in 1935 are many improvements . . . new beauty, greater comfort and finer performance. For the past two years Taylor Aircraft Co. engineers have been developing and testing the many refinements that combine to make the new 1936 CUB a perfectly balanced airplane. Don't buy ANY airplane until you see and fly the New “CUB.” It's the plane you've been waiting for. £498 Delivery Three Weeks. A. {Mr Adams} J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} WALTER, Tollerton Airport NOTTINGHAM Telephone: PLUMTREE 14 253 | ||