The boys' book of model aeroplanes : how to build and fly them : with the story of the evolution of the flying machine (1912)
Collins, Francis A. (Francis Arnold), b. 1873-, Morgan, Kewpie, inscriber. DSI · London : Eveleigh Nash · leaf 121
quickly, but a steady horizontalflight is out of the question. The size ofthe planes seems perilously small, and yetif they be well shaped and spaced they willprove large enough. This is just the sortof model a beginner is likely to make, andtherefore serves a very useful purpose inpointing a… … J3£ SIMPLE MONOPLANE MODELS front plane a trifle behind the rear edge,thus making for stability. The verticalrudder above the rear stability-plane iswell placed, although it appears rathersmall. The skids upon which the modelrests and the proportion of the front to therear elevation are excellent.…
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