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 126
red for thismodel by equipping it with three verticalrudders or guiding-planes. The first rud-der is well placed above the front plane.The second performs a good service be-neath the main plane, while the third iscarried unusually far back behind the pro-pellers. The problem whether a rudderis more… … PLATE IV. One of the Simplest of Aeroplanes to Construct. ELABORATING MONOPLANE the center of gravity of the model a con-siderable leverage is obtained, and a small,light rudder becomes more effective in thisposition than a much larger plane placedforward. These rudders are built so thatthey may be…
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