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Scientific American, Vol. 95, No. 7 (August 1906) (1906)

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er the in any direction. A small wheel at the aeronaut's motor is a radiator of Santos-Dumont's own design. wings and the surface is 30 square yards, with a weight The motor, built by Lavavasseur, is of 24 horse-power, of 30 pounds. right controls the vertical movement, while a lever at and weighs… … lutions with complete success. On the first flight the The Florencie Orthopter, or Flapping-Wing Machine. airship started out well, but it was obliged to alight an 8-cylinder V motor of 80 millimeters (3.149 inches) owing to an accident to the friction clutch of the motor. structing for the Prince…

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