The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-09-07
HAS FLYING AUTOS
Motor Car With Wings Is Latest
in French Capital.
Successful Experiments Have Been
Made With Machines That Combine
the Principles Of the, Automo-.
bile and tho Acceptance.

Paris.-Paris Is gossiping over the
latest type of motor car-one with
wings. Nj. Bertrand de Lesseps re.
Gently drove some distance from tho
capital in a machine thus equipped.
NJ. Filippi is another searchsr in the
same field, who has been even more
successful. Filippi based his trials on
the principle of the birds wing and
aimed at producing a propeller which
should realize the same effect az the
beat of a birds wings in the air. The
propeller evolved is not screw, but
bride of wood, broader and thicker
In the center than at the extremities.
one of which tapers of nearly to
point The other is comparatively
wide, looking like wing, concave ON
enc side and convex on the other.
Furthermore, both ends are curved
backward. forming an obtuse angle.
The whole is inclosed In cage and
measures only about IS inches In dia-
meter, not projecting beyond the
gauge Of the car in any direction. The
maximum speed Is 1900 revolutions
minute. This air propelling system
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with the most delicate and oompli-
Gated parts Of the machinery at pres
ent employed-no more gear boxes are
required, as change In the num-
Der OF rotations ia substituted for .
change Of gear, while progress back,
ward is obtained by reversing the
movement of the wing. This backward
rotation also serves as q powerful
brake when going downhill, and does
ava with 'difrerentials" and back
bridges.
In travelling the friction IL reduced
to minimum, and the car seems
hardly to touch the ground, raising
40 appreciable dust, and consequently
+, lnf1icting but slight wear and tear on
the tires, while the comfort of the
passengers Is improved. In general
appearance the car used recently re-
Bembled an ordinary torpedo type. but
the rear part forms an extension,
from which projects the axle carrying
the wing. The 40 horsepower motor
Is in front, and connects with the
wing by transmission chains. There
Is no other mechanism, and the wheels
Ill run free like the front wheels of an
ordinary automobile. One lever only
Is used to start, and move forward
or backward, by reserving the rota-
tion of the wing. and there is one
pedal by which OK ira brake power Is
put on.
The whole car weighs about 1920
pounds, or. with Its three passengers
and the necessary equipment, about
1000 pounds. A start was made about
4 o'clock In the morning, in the pres
ence of several spectators. and after
showing off its capabilities in various
preliminary maneuvers the car went
off on its journey of 3O0-odd miles
amidst cheers. The travellers sent
kilograms reporting progress from diff.
Ierent points on the way. and arrived
safely ut Lyons. The future trade in
terests involved In this experience
may prove of immense Importance,
and the new type of wing may turn
out superior to the screws so COM
monty used in the aeroplane. In the
trials made by M Filippi with view
to finding the best shape for the wing
the present model gave 70 per cent.
Of power. which is at least 10 per
cent. moro than has yet been pro-
auced by the best known screw propel-
Ter of the usual type. RS" f''