Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 642
AN AS A FLYING TOY. mounted on skids. The length of the framemakes possible unusually long and powerful mo-tors. The position of the rear rudder gives itunusual leverage, so that a very small plane inthis position is more effective than a much largerone forward. An interesting experiment hasbeen… … FIG. 16. AN( VIEW OF THE WRIGHT MODEL. aeroplanes, since the inclosed ends keep the airfrom slipping off the edges of the planes. Thereis all the difference in the world, or rather in the 1110 A NEW SPORT FOR BOYS air, however, in an actual flight and the controlof an aeroplane model. The aviator,…
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