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Burney Streamline (1930)

Burney Streamline (1930)
Burney Streamline (1930)
The Burney, a new streamlined car designed by Sir Denniston Burney who was responsible for the design of the R 100 (R100) airship. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
The Burney, a new streamlined car designed by Sir Denniston Burney who was responsible for the design of the R 100 (R100) airship. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
The engine is in the rear. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. 15th September 1930
The engine is in the rear. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. 15th September 1930
Burney Streamline (1930) - Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
Burney Streamline (1930) - Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
Sir Charles Dennistoune Burney
Sir Charles Dennistoune Burney
Burney Streamline (1928)
Burney Streamline (1928)
Burney Streamline (1930)
Burney Streamline (1930)
Burney Streamline - Popular Science (Dec. 1930)
Burney Streamline - Popular Science (Dec. 1930)
Burney Streamline - Popular Science (Dec. 1930)
Burney Streamline - Popular Science (Dec. 1930)
Burney Streamliners
Burney Streamliners
The R-100 Streamline car with its designer Sir Denniston Burney (1931) - Photo: Evening Standard
The R-100 Streamline car with its designer Sir Denniston Burney (1931) - Photo: Evening Standard
Burney Streamline (1931)
Burney Streamline (1931)
Burney Streamline (1931)
Burney Streamline (1931)
Burney Streamline (1931) - Cutaway
Burney Streamline (1931) - Cutaway
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Crossley-Burney (1934)
Images: blog.modernmechanix.com; www.crossley-motors.org.uk
Rating:  17    -3    +20
“I want to show that a properly streamlined car would score over its more conventional competitors.”
Sir Dennistoun Burney
В 1930 году английский авиационный инженер сэр Деннистоун Барни (Dennistoun Barney) представил необычный однообъемный 6-местный автомобиль, как тогда говорили вагонной компоновки, названный "Барни Стримлайн" (Streamline). Сзади у него располагался рядный 6-цилиндровый двигатель объемом около 2 л, а все колеса имели независимую подвеску.

Речь шла об опытном образце, на котором можно было исследовать аэродинамику перспективных форм автомобилей. Модель так понравилась принцу Уэлльскому, что тот приобрел ее. Но у машины был недостаток: задний мотор постоянно перегревался и часть выхлопных газов "засасывалась" в салон.

Было построено 12 экземпляров автомобиля, после чего английская фирма "Кроссли" (Crossley) купила права на автомобиль Барни, но все усилия улучшить его и попытки продавать не увенчались успехом. Модель Crossley Streamline строилась в 1933 г., всего было выпущено около 20 штук таких машин.


It’s 80 years since an East Yorkshire invention hit the roads.

The Burney Streamline Car was an aerodynamic vehicle that was designed for the road by Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney in 1929.

The car's revolutionary design was inspired by the principles of the Airship Guarantee Company in Howden, where Burney was managing director and responsible for constructing the R100 Airship.

"Burney saw the design emerging for the [R100] Airship, which was intended to have a maximum speed of 70 mph through air," said Dr Bernard Nield of Howden Civic Society, a vintage car enthusiast who has authored a book about the Streamline Car.

"He concluded that if the Streamline shape of the Airship was good for the Airship, then it would be good for a motor car and reduce aerodynamic drag that cars of that period were all experiencing."

The prototype of the Streamline was built in Howden out of scrap materials including aluminium and balloon fabric, all taken from the airship station. The vehicle had caused quite a stir in the town when it was road tested.

Marketed towards the rich and famous in London, just 12 cars were manufactured at a factory in Maidenhead, with the intention of encouraging the motoring industry to license the use of his patented principles.

"Burney saw the car as a promotional item," said Dr Nield.

"As far as we can judge, he never intended to put that car into mass production. What he wanted was to expose it in the most interesting way to the people who were rich and famous."

However, with only a few purchases including one by the then Prince of Wales, the motor did not receive commercial success.

Later, the model was further developed by the Crossley motor company and 25 more similar vehicles were built under their name.

Today only one Crossley Streamline exists which is owned by Lord Montagu and kept at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.

Born in Ayrshire in 1888, Sir Dennistoun Burney's inventions included sea planes and military weapons. He also contributed to the invention of the sonar device. The inventor died at his home in Bermuda in November, 1968.
Source: autohistoriq.ru; www.bbc.co.uk
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