re of the same general design, yet the later machinemaintained a speed nearly 30 m.p.h. faster in this yearsrace. This is evidently due to the cleaner design andconsequent lower resistance of the later plane—a featurewhich is at once apparent from a study of the photographsof the two machines here… … Rear view of the Curtiss Model D-12 engineused in the Army Racer. The separate gearcasewhich carries nearly all the gearing as well asthe magnetos and water pump is clearly shoivn. cations of the two machines are given in the appendedtable. The engine used is known as the Curtiss Model D-12.The…
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