Washington telegraph., 1910-01-28

ana made the propellers whirl when
asked to show the machine. In un-
easy monosyllables he told how he had
induced the little craft to fly in his
back yard and down the alleyWay to
the street. 1t had flown so to 100
feet, and the only thing that had
| stopped it from going farther was the
wire by which the power was sup
piled to the electric motor.
The boy began pointing out the SUI
perior points of his machine
More supporting surface" he said.
pointing to the arrangement of his
planes, which are placed tandem style,
each tilted upward toward the 'front.'"
That was clear. Two sheets of can
vas placed that way would certainly
offer more resistance to the air in
falling than would two of equal size
placed one above the other. But how
was this arrangement better than that
of the monoplane, with its Cne long
stretch of canvas?
TITS this way" he said THE air
hits under here Indicating the under
side of the front plane) So there's
a double support to keep it lifted With
the force of the air that hits It from
the front That's better for gliding
and for rising, too.
Yes, you could extend a machine
of this sort. You could extend it as
much as you wanted to, because ev-
cry time you'd put another plane on
and another, the extra weight would
not be so great as the extra power and
supporting surface.
Il reckon this big machine I've
made the plans for would carry two
men. Then, if you extended a ma
chine like that you could carry more |
and more passengers. You'd have to
put in strong braces here and there |
to make this part of the frame
stronger. There would be no trouble
about the propeller shaft the way
Eve got it now.
This wheel arrangement is some.
hing new continued Mervyn. Have
you seen how the steering wheel is
ON an automobile? There is
me shaft inside another. One works
he steering apparatus and the other
'pens the throttle. I'm going to try
he same kind Of arrangement on my
zig machine One of the shafts will
york the rudder and the other the
lip-plane. This arrangement will save
weight and will be lot easier to man
tge than the levers that are now used.
This aeroplane is going to be as
light as any of those the big men nave
made. And I'm going to have Cur
ISIS motor, SO l am sure it'll be able
o carry two passengers The Bier
OF monoplane has carried three.
"But the monopane could not be ex.
ended like my machine could. If a
ingle plane were made too big there
youdd be too much strait on the
-enouyn Y;ouia nos no.
Zane as you could with these planes
ne behind the other, each with a tilt
The building Of the big machine in
7hlch the young inventor hopes to {
y over the Preside viii begin soon
is to measure q feet from the TN
the rudder to the end of the din
lanes in front
Young Gunzendorfer has written n ;
escription of his model Here it is. )
Two distinct and permanently set t
lpianes, placed tandem, each meas. "
ring 24x12 inches, set six inches n
Nart, give total supporting surface
'$3G square inches. Located amid L
si1 OF The main planes are two ad. e
luPle planes SKIP inches, which are
eiled from tie aviators seat and :"
cauSE Ehe biplane to arise or descend
at tIW will of the operator. A steer. "
lns Her 4X6 inches is located a the
rear a kame is under the direct man.
pul%upf the aviator from his seat
al lie of the motor. M
ne ne I'll thrust is obtained from b
, colle' hg operating from Steel .
oos,.a ootn ~ ~ catapult type, aa inn. ~
po'u9 ' n1 etained being s4aeiept 81
70 ~ .% [I Vel into the air ftar g,
w. w. ~ 1elling power is g..
n,@l,t,,iooljv n,al-T dae-eighth horsepo"e.
1900 reyolutioN N0tor n,iD'. caP''9'e of
The motor minute bI
r,oin frame ann aidIcShlp C1 the
t,,a', d.;ua 70 chain coupled by chain
ten-inch propelleA VI ls'Hs the two ar
sone aft Of the FROM 'orWaro ana &
10 drive the mothe Ihe power
over two flexible via a''4ed TO it
The entire -ccns0 s3f
uminum in the metaV' Is OF AZ n
dar ia used for the ~ Whl!c ce- VI
the body of the ship StahdaEds,
aluminium wheels, the on -four n
wheels turning with then set o.
rud jer." "a inc n