Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-29
WORLDS BEST AEROPLANES WILL
BE USED BY THE AIR KINGS AT
ATLANTA JOURNALS BIG MEET
CurSS B-PaneS Used by Ely, MCCdy and Post Are the
Best Form of Aeropane Known to Man----Why the In
vention of Glenn CTtiss Is Superior to That of the
Wrights---A Comparison of the Two Makes

on the starting rail before it is as nearly
ready for a flight as is the Curtiss ma
chine at all times.
The differences in the American BIZ
planes begin with the differences in the
aims of their builders. The machines are
built with distinctly different ends in
view. While both builders aim for sta
bility and endurance the Wright ma
chine is designed more particularly for
carrying a passenger OF passengers. With
little or no effort in this direction, Cur
tiss has sought speed in a machine which
can 60 from one place to another, and
after a stop start back at any time.
In his first machine, Curtiss departed
from the practice of other Builders by
cutting down the carrying surfaces al
most 80 per cent. This, OF course, made
his machine considerably lighter and
by adopting new ideas in construction,
Curtiss further reduced the weight.
CURTISS MACHINES POWERFUL.
When II comes to power, however, Cur
tiss moved the other way. His winning
machine at Rheims. while smaller and
more trim than most OF the machines
there, was equipped with an eight-cyl-
Under Curtiss motor especially designed
for IL.
Although he has. on a few occasions,
carried a passenger. and can build ma
himself to machines built for one man.
THE future Of the aeroplane is not
machine TO carry passengers" he has
said. II would not go up with some
one else flying the machine. want TO
control the levers myself, and other peo-
pie will feel the same way about ii. The
most popular machine of the future will
be for one man. and IL will travel fast.
It's value will lie in it's ability to get
n1ara 70 another OmirglV Aero
planes may be used TO carry important
mails because Of the speed they will
be able to attain, and they will also be
useful in a military sense"
Mr.. Curtiss sees the possibility of the
aeroplanes as an instrument of warfare.
as was evidenced by his successful expe-
riments on Lake Keuka, near his train
ing grounds. He will undoubtedly have
machine for this line OF work when the
time comes, but IL will be speedy ma
chine built by him for any purpose.
The Wrights are content, on the other
hand. with a machine which trundles
along at 20 mi es an hour and which
/ must either return to its starting rail
before flying again, or else have the
starting rail brought to IT,
In the controls. the Curtiss and
Wright machines are different in the
! extreme. Both aeroplanes are steered
up and down with forward horizontal
rudders OF elevators. each having two
planes a dozen feet in front OF the main
lifting surfaces. The Wrights control
this elevator by the movement of a lever
grasped in one hand, while the other
hand works the lever which warps the
wings and controls the rear rudder.
SYSTEM is SIMPLE.
The Curtiss elevator is manipulated by
raising or lowering the steering wheel
that controls the direction Of flight lat
orally. The two operations may be con-
troIled with one hand. leaving the other
free.
Lateral steering of the Curtiss machine
is done by means of a rear rudder hung
vertically, as on a boat. while the
wrights steer most OF the time by warp
ing the wings in such a way that one
drags. swerving the machine TO a new
course.
Equilibrium control is far the most
important problem Of mechanical flight.
An aeroplane is liable to tilt in any d.
rection In the air as 1t is played upon
by the ever-shifting currents.
The Curtiss system of balance is sim
pie. Curtiss uses two fat. plane sur
faces suspended horizontally between the
planes, one at each end of the machine.
These ailerons. as they are called, are
arranged to swing in opposite directions
from the hinged front simultaneously in
such a way that the forward motion OF
the machine gives q downward pressure
to the alierons on the high end, and an
upward pressure to the other. The con-
troll of these ailerons is one Of the most
ingenious devices on the machine. The
operator sits in a seat with a movable
back which Jokes around his shoulders
and is connected with the ailerons. The
arrangement is such that as the ma
chine tits, the aviator leans toward the
high side, naturally keeping the body
vertical, and by this motion actuates
the ailerons in the proper way.