Bigger, not better
…eas – have a look at the brakes on the FE2a and Sopwith 1&1/2 Strutter for instance; but they weren’t of much actual use, and as weight was always the issue, they were taken out. Big aircraft were viable – if the engines were there, but for other reasons they weren’t a good idea. The Dornier DoX showed what could be done, soon after, while the Sikorsky Illya Momorets in the early 1910s – and in flight engine access was vital as the engines weren’t…