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A Study of Taking off and Landing an Airplane (1923)

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-low record the speed curve is flatter and very irregular, each depression in the curve representing a tendency to lose speed—hence, stall—and that the speed of 60 m. p. h. was not attained until 17 seconds. In the rudder and aileron controls the action during the tail-high take-off was much… … Time in seconds up speed just above the ground in the manner of Fig. 2.—Tail-low "take-off.' a tail-high take-off. At any rate, it is believed that iUv manner of take-off should approach the high-tail manner as closely as practicable under all conditions, even in the forced maneuver of taking ofl*…

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