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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 642

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se and does not add tothe weight of the model. The rear of this planeis adjustable and serves as a rudder. The frontsection of each wing is stretched over dowel-sticks, the rear section being unsupported, thusforming efficient soaring blades. The wires run-ning to the corners of the planes are… … FIG. 14. A CYLINDRICAL MODEL WHICH FLIES WELL. A somewhat complicated monoplane form verywell thought out is illustrated in Fig. 9. Its ele-vating and stability planes are skilfully flexed andwell spaced, thus insuring a steady horizontalflight. The model carries three rudders, oneabove the front…

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