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1912 - 0008.PDF
xfiM. JANUARY 6, 1912. prove successful under the pilotage of any but the most expert pilots at landing, and even then the ground would have to be of an almost Q\ Diagrammatic sketch of the Morane-Saulnier landing gear. billiard-table-like surface. The wings, in plan form, are similar to those on the Borel machine, and they are stayed by means of stranded steel cable to the middle point of the chassis. Control of the wing warping and the rear elevator is maintained from a vertical universally-jointed lever, of which the action is identical with the Bleriot cloche. The fuselage of the all-steel war monoplane, which is exhibited in an uncompleted stage, is of torpedo form and constructed throughout of sheet steel. From its blunt nose, which is ventilated, and which encloses the motor, to a point to the rear of the pilot's seat, this steel body is of circular section, but from that point to the tail it flattens out horizontally. Even the skeletons of the wings and the rear controlling surfaces are carried out very cleverly in metal. The all-steel tubular landing chassis of the Moraae-Saulnler monoplane, in which no fLxible suspension is provided. Principal dimensions, &c. School type— Length ... Span Area 20 ft. 3° » 154 sq. Price ft. Weight Speed Motor £680. Racer type— Length ... Span Area Military type— Length ... Span Area 20 ft. 3° »» 120 sq. ft. Price 1 Weight Speed Motor ... £920. 20 ft. 30 „ 154 sq. ft. Price Weight Speed Motor £960. 575 lb;. 55 m.p.h. 35-h p. Anzam. 630 lbs. 75 m.p.h. 50-h.p. Gnome. 686 lbs. 64 m.p.h. 50-h.p. Gnome; Nieuport. OCCUPYING oneiof the central stands in the Grand Palais were three Nieuport .monoplanes, a 28-h.p. twin-cylinder school-type machine, and two 5o-h,p. two-seater military machines. One of these latter was the identical machine on which the celebrated pilot Helen won the Coupe Michelin. No new features are evident in the Front of the Morane-Saulnier two-seater mono plane, showing arrangement of landing gear and of the oil-shield over the motor. The Nieuport stand. machines on exhibition, they being similar in every respect to the models which have competed so successfully in all the contests cf the past year. Principal dimensions :— 8
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