INDEX
- Action and reaction, 5
- Aerofoil, flow of air round, 10
- ——, lift of, 10
- Aeroplane, speed of, 4
- ——, types of, 12-16
- ——: Why does it fly? 1-11
- A frame, 20, 22, 23
- Air, density of, 35, 36
- —— flow, direction of, 5
- —— pressure, 2
- Air-screw, action of, 35
- —— balancing, 38
- ——, calculations for, 36
- ——, efficiency, 35
- ——, four-bladed, making, 133
- ——, laminated, 39
- ——, suitable woods for, 36, 38
- Bamboo planes, 30
- Bending air-screws, 42-46
- Biplane, fitting struts to, 128
- ——, sample twin-screw, 61-68
- Blade width, maximum, 45
- Blériot type monoplane, 18
- Box kite, 138, 139, 140
- Bragg-Smith, 15
- Building airship, 141, 154
- Calculations in designing aeroplane plant, 120
- Camm air-screw, proportions of, 46
- Canard, meaning of, 8
- Carving air-screws, 35-41
- Chauvière type air-screw, 38
- Clarke, T. W. K., 14
- Compressed-air engine, 94-102
- —— ——, container for, 99
- —— ——, crank for, 97, 98
- —— ——, inlet and exhaust, etc., of, 97
- —— ——, pistons for, 98
- Compressed-air engine, testing the container, 100
- —— ——, three-cylinder, 94-103
- —— ——, valve and tap for, 100
- Compressed-air-driven biplane, 104-114
- —— ——, bracing planes of, 115
- —— ——, calculations for, 104-109
- —— ——, flying, 118, 119
- —— ——, inter-struts for, 112
- —— ——, materials for, 106
- —— ——, planes for, 109
- —— ——, tail for, 111
- Designing, general notes on, 120, 123
- Dihedral angle, 7
- Double-winder, 70-72
- Drift and lift, 3, 6
- Efficiency air-screw, 35
- —— formula, 19
- Elastic motor, disadvantages of, 94
- Elevator adjustment, 127
- Equilibrium, 2
- Fairey, 12
- Force of gravity, 2
- Forces acting on kite, 2, 3
- Formula, efficiency, 19
- ——, type, 18
- Four-bladed air-screws, making, 133
- Fuselages, 19-34
- ——, boat-shaped, 24
- ——, box-girder, 26
- ——, distortion, 30
- ——, simple, 28, 29
- ——, single-spar, 26
- Fuselages, twin-screw, 26
- ——, two-membered, 25
- Geared motor for model aeroplane, 134
- General notes, 124-135
- Gravity and pressure, 6, 7, 8
- Gravity, force of, 2
- Hargreaves kite, 132
- Hollow spar, 22
- Houlberg, 14
- Hydro-biplane, 17
- Hydro-monoplane, 87-93
- ——, bearings for, 88
- ——, elevator for, 90
- ——, floats for, 90
- ——, fuselage for, 87
- ——, mainplane for, 88
- ——, weight of, 93
- Hydroplane floats, calculating capacity of, 130
- ——, water surface, 128
- Kite, box, 138, 139, 140
- ——, forces acting on, 2-3
- ——, Hargreaves’, 132
- ——, speed of, 4
- ——, tailless, 136-141
- Lateral stability, 7
- Lift and drift, 3, 6
- —— of aerofoil, 10
- Loading, 44
- —— for aeroplanes, 127
- Longitudinal stability, 8
- Lubricant, 125
- Mann, R. F., 20
- Materials, choice of, 28
- Monoplane, Blériot type, 18
- ——, collapsible, 73-79
- ——, ——, chassis for, 78
- ——, ——, mainplane for, 75
- ——, ——, propellers for, 79
- ——, ——, tail for, 74
- ——, hydro, 87-93
- ——, Ridley, 12
- ——, ——, twin-screw, 54-60
- ——, ——, mainspar for, 54
- ——, ——, propellers for, 58
- ——, tractor, 80-86 (see Tractor monoplane)
- Penaud, Alphonse, 94
- Piano wire, uses of, 30
- Pitch, 35, 36, 39, 42, 44, 45
- —— angles, setting out, 40
- “Plane” and “aeroplane,” meaning of terms, 8
- Planes, bamboo, 30
- ——, cane, 50
- ——, constructing, 47-53
- ——, fixing, 133
- ——, swept-back, 52
- ——, types of, 47
- ——, umbrella ribbing, 50
- ——, wire, making, 50, 51
- ——, wooden, 48
- Plant, calculations for designing, 120
- Pressure and gravity, centres of, 6, 7, 8
- Resistance, air, 3
- Ridley monoplane, 12
- Scale models, building, 32, 34, 121, 122, 123
- Silk, waterproof, 130
- Skid, fitting, 126
- Slip, 35
- Small biplane, driving, 102-103
- Spar sections, 26, 27
- Speed of aeroplane, 4
- Spindles, attaching, 46
- Stability, 29, 124, 125
- ——, lateral, 7, 42
- ——, longitudinal, 8
- Tailless kites, easily made, 136-141
- T frame, 20, 22, 23
- Thrust, 42
- —— required for aeroplane, 11
- Timber, strength of, 29, 30, 32
- Torque, 29, 36, 42
- Tractor hydro-biplane, 17
- ——, monoplane, 80-86
- ——, ——, chassis for, 82
- ——, ——, mainplane for, 84
- ——, ——, mainspar for, 80
- ——, ——, twin-gears for, 84
- Twining, E. W., 14, 17
- —— air-screw, 46
- Twin-screw biplane, simple, 61-68
- —— —— ——, elevator for, 62
- —— —— ——, flying the, 66-68
- —— —— ——, mainspar for, 61
- Type formula, 18
- —— of aeroplanes, 12-18
- Waterproof silk, 130
- Water-surface hydroplane, 128
- Winders for elastic motors, 69-72
- ——, double, 70-72
- ——, push-in-the-ground, 69-70
- Wing bracing, 30
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