El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-14
FOWLER MACHINE
DIFFERENT TYPE
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frame by means Of bamboo poles. By
/ means of another bamboo pole to which
IS attached a steering wheel the opera
tor may lower or lift the elevator and
regulate his direction vertically. The
wires which control the rear ruddeT
I that guides the aerOplane horizontally
( are also attached to this steering wheel
and may be regulated by turning the
wheel as an automobile driver steers
his machine. In the Wright machine
the elevator is attached to the rear rud-
der, which is double and vertical in
stead Of horizontal These are regu-
lated by the levers which are placed
alongside OF the drivers seat and are
exceedingly simple Of operation.
The BleriOt Type.
Entirely different in appearance and
general plan Of construction from the
Wright and Curtiss biplanes, the mon
Oplanes which were used here by the
International aviatOrs, Simon, Garros
Barrier and AUdemars are built upon
the same basic principles of aerial
navigation as the biplanes. Instead OF
two main planes, the Bleriot type Of
mOnoplane has but one set Of planes
extending from the slender body Of the
machine like the wings Of a great bird.
In fact the BIeriOt type has much the
same appearance as soaring bird.
The propeller Of the monOplane is
adjusted IN front of the machine in
stead Of in the rear. as in the con-
tor sits IN i little coop on top instead
Of under the planes. The mCnOplanes
are usually fitted with GnOme motors
which revOlve with the prOpellers, max
ing radiators unnecessary. The wing
Warp1ng Of the mOnOplane is done much
as ii is in the Wright biplanes, GarrOs
being especially expert in the clever
Warplng of the great wings Of his bird
like BleriOt to cOunteract the air cur
rents which bubble over Mount Frank
lin.
Landing Chassis Differ.
The landing Chassis of each of the
three best known types of aerOplanes,
the Wright, Curtiss and BleriOt are en-
has four bicycle wheels with a pair of
skids In front CT the operators seat
which catch the weight Of the machine
after the wheels have struck the ground
and furnished way of absorbing the
enormous speed which the volplane
from a high elevator generates.
In the Curtiss machine the bicycle
wheels are used, three being fitted to
the chassis instead Of four. The Oper-
atOr also has a brake which he applies
with his foot to the front wheel to
slow 1t down after striking the earth
In the BleriOt type there are two
small bicycle wheels which take the
shock Of landing. AFTER the wheels
are on the ground and tie speed Of the
machine is lowered sufficiently, the OPP
orator drops the bamboo talpiece
which drags the ground and takes the
weight Of the rear part of the machine
including the bOX-lke propeller case.
OF all the types, the BleriOt is the
most awkward while on the ground and
the most graceful when once it has
taken the air. It scars like a great air
bird and can execute almost any posi-
BILE form Of aerial maneuTers. The
Wright is considered the safest aero
plane, and its inventors, Orville and
Wilbur Wright, are now perfecting ad-
ditiOnal aleriOn attachments which it is
claimed will make the machine perfect
" stable even in a high wind. Expert
ments with q mOtorless glider which
have been made at Kill Devil Hill, n. Y,
have proved the usefulness Of these
new attachments.