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Luggage Hatch.  Below the pilot's cockpit is a luggage compartment, 4 feet 6 inches long by 4 feet wide by 2 feet 6 inches high, accessible through a trap door in the underside of the fuselage.

Gasoline System.  The two main gasoline tanks, of 45 gallons capacity each, are slung under the bottom plane at the inner interplane strut.  Gasoline is drawn from either of these tanks by two Vickers' centrifugal pumps coupled in series, and delivered through a Vickers' hand pump to the carburetors, any surplus being returned through a 10 gallon gravity emergency tank, fitted high up on the fire bulkhead.  Smith's capacity gauges for both main tanks are fitted on the instrument board.

Chassis.  The chassis is of the two-wheeled Oleo-elastic type.  Elastic rings are used for suspension and the elastic carriers have been designed for ready renewal of these rings.  The Oleo plungers are fitted with a special type of tapered needle valve to control the passage of the oil through the plunger to give constant oil pressure throughout the stroke of eight inches.

Flying Controls.  Single control of the wheel type is fitted, all cable pulleys being five inches diameter.

Tail Trimming Gear.  The tail incidence can be varied by a lever and quadrant adjacent to the pilot to trim thee machine under all conditions of speed and load distribution. 

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