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 92
udy the curves in the aeroplanes or mod-els and imitate them. Different modelsrequire different planes. It is a problemwhich each young aeronaut must work outfor himself. The question of rudders or guidingplanes is very important. It is too muchto expect of even the best model that itwill fly in an… … FINE POINTS OF CONSTRUCTION of these guiding surfaces. It is argued bysome aviators that the rudder should beplaced above the plane, where the air isundisturbed, while others believe that thepartial vacuum created above the wings inflight makes the propeller ineffective. Stillothers argue that a…
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