The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-19
II. w. Jacobs $4,000 Multi.
plane Is Nearly Completed.
New Craft Declared to BE Most
Practical Ever Built.
BEATS WRIGHT BROS.
Glider Works Better Than the
Model They Used.
Trials VIII Be Made Near Atch-
isOn in January.

Atchison, Kan. Dec. lit has
! long been the object of persons inter
ested in flying machines to invent one
that would travel hundreds of miles
without it being necessary to stop for
gasoline and OIL The II. w. JACOBS
multlpiane probably will come as near
meeting this desire as any heavier
than-alr machine ever built.
DIR. r. E. SonnonStine, who has been
IN Atch1Son two weeks is a man who
mas had the opportunity to study fly
II 2 machines. Being a moving picture
maker, has brought him in touch with
many aviators. In fact, he has ex-
am1ned about every kind of aeroplane
He says the Jacobs machine is un-
doubtedly the most practical ever in
vented.
When H. W. Jacobs conceived the
two-engine idea and the plan of plac-
ing one propeller behind the other
having them rotate in opposite direc-
tons, he added speed and strength to
ms machine; when he decided that
steel tubes would answer the purpose
OF braces and in constructing other
parts of the machine better than bam-
boo and small twisted wires, he hit
upon plan of increased safety for
the passengers and added to the dura-
bility of the multiplane, and with the
invention of the twelve plane plan, in
sets of four superposed planes each.
Mr. Jacobs devised something that will
mark an epoch in the flying machine
worIG.
Another interesting feature of the
construction Of the Jacobs flying ma
chine is the steering gear designed by
Frank Jacobs. The machine may BE-
steered in four different directions
without taking the hands from the
steering wheel.
That the multiplane is almost GER
tain to be a success, was proved by
the action of the glider which was
tested last week. The test given the
miniature multiplane was as severe as
could be. Had it not landed in the TOP
of a tree, Frank Jacobs and w J.
Ielghty are certain that it would have
been undamaged in alighting The
wonderful part of the Jacobs invention
is the fact that the multiplane Is so
constructed that should it capsize or
the operator lose control Of it from
any one of a dozen reasons. it would
Immediately right itself and glide to
the earth slower than parachute
The Wright brothers have been work-
ins on machine expected to give
similar results as the Jacobs aero
plane, but SO far, they haven't had
great deal of success
Mr. Jacobs has spent about $4,000
on his machine. Besides money. he
has spent much time on it. It is the
general belief that after the multiplane
IS perfected, Mr.. Jacobs will leave the
Santa Fe and do nothing but look after
the manufacture of his inventions.
II such weather as has been ex- |
perienced in the last two weeks pre-
walls until the middle of January the /
undoubtedly will be given /
its first actual test then. tt is planned I
TO fly the machine near East Atchi- /
son. There are many level fields in /
hat vicinity Only real wet weather
and heavy SHOWS will make the desire
% test the machine there impossible.
Of course, unless conditions are the
pest, no effort will be made to fly the
here.