n making this toy the nails must be driven into thereel first, their heads are then cut off and they are tightly fittedinto holes in propeller a. d is the axle on which the reel spins andthe handle for holding it; e is a washer. This flying-machine isworked by smartly pulling a length of string… … Fig. 476 of cane and whalebone wire, tissue paper or fine Japanese silk,and catapult elastic, which is generally the motive power usedin working model aeroplanes. (Messrs Gamage, Holborn, W.C,stock skeins of specially prepared elastic.) In this chapter only the simple and well-known types will…
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