Aeroplane Patents

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Constable Limited, 1910 - Airplanes - 91 pages

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Page 56 - ... very hard on the organization of our business and the preparation of our case in the suit against Curtiss & Herring. The affidavit filed by Mr. Herring is thoroughly characteristic of him. He has suddenly discovered that he invented in 1894 the method of controlling lateral balance by setting surfaces to different angles of incidence on the right and left sides of the machine and correcting the difference in their resistances by means of an adjustable vertical tail.
Page 27 - The objects of our invention are, first to provide a structure combining lightness, strength, convenience of construction, and the least possible edge resistance; second, to provide means for maintaining or restoring the equilibrium of the apparatus; and third, to provide efficient means of guiding the machine in both vertical and horizontal directions.
Page 56 - In a flying machine, the combination with a single or multiple aeroplane having lateral portions capable of being adjusted while in flight to different angles of incidence, of a vertical adjustable rudder and a fixed vertical vane co-operating therewith to form a turning couple.
Page 22 - Wright wing-warping patent, see p. 27 ) that " an alteration in the angle of the two wings relatively to one another or parts of them will by giving a list sideways to the machine affect an alteration in its course.
Page 29 - ... for one can employ this combination in the use of any movable rear rudder operated in conjunction with any wings capable of being presented at different angles of incidence at their opposite ends, for the purpose of restoring the lateral balance of a flying machine and of guiding the machine to right or left. The words "actuate at the same time...
Page 9 - It would be impossible in this volume to give even a summary...
Page 50 - Machine. it can be moved either in a vertical or in a horizontal plane. When...

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