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1910
1910 - 0990.PDF
" Flight" Copyright. Two views of the Hanriot tail. In the side view the deflected trailing portion can be distinctly observed. care to turn up their first volume of FLIGHT, will find our own illustration and description of the machine on page 740 of our November 20th issue, 1909. It was, in our opinion, one of the most interesting constructional details that the Paris Aero Show brought to light. Simple in design and construction, strong in principle, it formed a clever solution to a problem that it has not been easy to turn into a really neat job ; that the method has been generally appreciated may be judged from the fact that several other makers of monoplanes subsequently adopted the essential features of this design. ftThere is also a good deal to be said in favour of the boat body on the Hanriot monoplane, and quite apart from any intrinsic merit that this system of construction may possess on its own account, there is a distinct advantage in the system in that it dispenses with the use of a tremendous amount of wire that would otherwise be necessary for bracing some equivalent girder member. We have no objection to wire in principle, and unquestionably it is a wonderfully strong and light method of building up a frame ; but on the modern aeroplane there is so much wire that any method of reducing the amount is welcome on this score alone. Wire bracing needs some little attention, for it should at least be periodically inspected, and if more wire is used than is absolutely necessary it seems to us that there is just the likelihood that it may provoke carelessness with regard to its proper maintenance. By the U6e of a boat body, the Hanriot monoplane is clear of all wire for which a suitable substitute can be provided, and those wires that do remain take on, in con sequence, an added importance that should ensure their proper attention. It may, perhaps, seem a little outside the zone of " Flight" Copyright. View showing the method of mounting the axle on the Hanriot monoplane. The axle is carried between vertical guides, and the machine is suspended on the rubber springs that are anchored to the skids. 9»8
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