Aviation, its principles, its present and future (1913)
Walker, Sydney Ferris · London [etc.] T. C. & C. E. Jack; New York, Dodge publishing co · leaf 30
also a Tractor biplane. In addition to the above, the biplane has usually some arrangement to assist in balancing, as will be ex- plained in a later chapter. In the Wright biplane the outer ends of the upper planes carried hanging flaps, which could be moved at will, by wires ending in levers at… … CONTROL WIRE FIG. 5. — Diagrammatic representation of ailerons fixed to a biplane, as in Mr. Cody's machine. smaller planes are capable of turning on a horizontal axis up or down, very much in the same manner as the elevator. When they are arranged in this way they are known as ailerons. Fig. 5…
Aeronautics · Airplanes
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