New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

about stability, as It keeps the machlne
absolutely steady in shifting currents
eddies and sudden winds. and it will make
the driving of an aeroplane as simple ana
easy as the steering Of a motor car l
have for a number Of years been at Work
upon the idea Of attaching a gyroscope 10
d flying machine, and now have perfected
what I believe is the necessary instrument
Some of the foreign aviators use gyro-
scopes for the control Of the wing tips or
the varping. but I use 1t to govern the
action Of the entire machine. 1t reSists
any tendency Of the air craft TO topple
over. and 1t makes any monoplane to
which II is attached sail on an even keel."
The gyroscope which Mr.. Beach uses
weighs twenty-eight pounds, and the wheel
which is one foot in diameter, rotates in
vacuum. It makes ten thousand revolutions
a minute, and gives resisting force of nine
hundred pounds one foot from the centre
Of the aeroplane. To those who do not IN
derstand what this resisting force means,
il NAV be said that II sky craft
thus equipped and sailing through the air
should suddenly come in contact with a
strong air current, which would have
tendency TO force one of the wings upward
the wind would have TO overcome a force
Of nine hundred pounds pulling in the op-
posite direction one foot from the centre
Of the machine This resisting force is, OF
course. Iessened in proportion to distance
from the centre.
Since the gyroscope revolves in vacuum,
II will continue to run of its own mo-
nentun for over an hour after the motor
has been shut off. Hence, II the SKY pliot
ebouId meet some accidental breakdown
while in the air, or If his motor should
suddenly stop. the momentum Of the gyro-
.oona II is said. would enable the aviator
+o glide TO the earth without upsettng-
The evroscope of the Beach monoplane Is
n1aced directly beneath the motor. and II
keeps the craft from tipping from one size
70 another Mr.. Beach contempiates dI-
taching another gyroscope in place more
m the rear of the machine, with we" 10
Regulating the fore and aft fitting OF tne
monoplane. 4,,,
At his testing grounds near MS counIS
home in stratford, Conn, Mr.. Beach mas
been experimenting with his nonop!dne'
which Is similar to that with which bIerlo
crossed the English Channel IN tho
fights Beach has risen from lle g -
- betpbts varying from ten to twenty 1eet,
and covered distances OF from NV ~
fao+ and although these flights have oeen
small they nave HSNOi '4AS~
his mind the immense value OF Ine s'i0
scopic attachment 10
Mr. Reach SAYS that ths reason "hy nc
has not been able to reach greater heis -
- La,o,se If the rather heavy motor ne hds L
haa, reing Within a few weeks ne WIN
bave new and lighter engine lnsta-ieu
,,1biob ne hopes will prove successlu ui-
rris will be four-cylinder tWo-cycie
-. 5av,e1oning 30 horsepower II VIII
have the same power as the olo lIIo.o.' LJ' 49,
o,,,,, half Of the latter's weight " men ''-e
ra,- .o,,+e+ is complete, the weight OF HUI,
n1ane engine, gyroscope and bea0N
total only $50 pounds ,,,5a
That the aeroplanes Of to-day are u UNe
and clumsy affairs compared with "hat "
80, axpec+ in the future is the OPINION u
Irhert Cleveland Beach, president OF Tue
ccier+,6c Aeroplane Company. A Tribune
ra,or.er found this enthusiast who' oS
the way is cousin OF Stahley L IT,
at his Offices at No. % Wal street.
said:
..'The aeroplanes Of to-day VIII twenty
years from, now be regarded much as we
rov, look upon the first locomotive the
FIRST steamboat and the first bicycle Inc
improvements on these conveyances- nave
baen marvellous during their brief history
and we can look for a corresponding I'M
provenent on the air craft in the years 10
come The aeroplanes OF the future VIII
be of such a type that should an acclc-ht
happen to them while on their aerial jour-
ney they would drop TO the earth as gently