Military aeroplanes; an explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance, and operation, for the use of aviators (1918)
Loening, Grover Cleveland, 1888- · [Boston : W. S. Best Printing Company · leaf 20
o have a proi)cller running on a large bear-ing around the fuselage. In pusher flying boats the propeller tipsjust clear the boat. The earliest Wright machine had the elevator in front, so thatto ascend the elevator was tiirncd up, thus lifting up the nose, andyice versa; whereas, when it was later… … MILITARY TRACTORSAbove — Tractor with stagger, overhang, wing flaps and flat span.Center — Tractor with ailerons and dihedral span. The rudder has no fixed surface in front of it, and being hinged so as to balance the air pre.ssures, it is called a balanced rudder.Below —Tractor with double flaps,…
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