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Gran MARCH 7, 1914. THE NEW WRIGHT CONTROL. From the accompanying illustrations, for which we are indebted to the Aero and Hydro, it will be seen that the new control consists of a rotatable hand wheel mounted a vertical tubular column. Rotation of the wheel IT appears that the control system fitted as standard to all Wright machines since 1908, and forming one of the characteristics of these famous machines, is about to be discarded for a new type on more generally approved lines, at any rate, on certain machines to be supplied to the U.S. Government. The old type Wright control, whilst perfectly satisfactory when once mastered, had the The new Wright control. disadvantage, that when flying for prolonged periods it was rather tiring for the pilot. As long distance flights are now such everyday occurrences, it has been thought advisable to change the whole type of control for one more suitable for flying under such conditions. The type evolved has been adopted after very careful study of all existing systems, and the result is a form of control which embodies some of the features that are fitted as standard on the majority of English and Conti nental machines, whilst at the same time retaining that most characteristic feature of the old Wright control, i.e., the combination of the warp and rudder control with a single movement. ® ® AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Official Notices. 1. Elections.—Members: Richard T. Gates, Lieut. F. V. Holt, R.F.C., and Hermann Shaw. Assoc. Member: Norman C. Spratt. Student: C. Roland Taylor. 3. Annual General Meeting,—The annual general meeting 01 the Society will be held on Wednesday, March 18th, at 8 p.m., at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, S.W. (Rule 39). 3. Meetings-—The ninth meeting of the present session will be held on Wednesday, March i8th, at 8.30 p.m., when Maj.-Gen. R. M. Ruck, C.B., will preside. Col. H. C. Holden, F.R.S., F.Ae.S., will read a paper on " Lessons Accidents have Taught." The tenth meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1st, at 8.30 p.m. Mr. B. C. Hucks and Mr. C. Gordon Bell will read a paper on " Three Years' Flying Experience." 4. Aero Show at Olympia.—At the forthcoming Aero Show the on actuates the warp, whilst a to-and-fro movement operates the elevator. This may be said to constitute the European part of the control. The Wright portion of the control is formed by a rudder lever mounted concentric with the warp wheel, and gripped by the pilot's right hand. One position of the small rudder lever may be said to be neutral, and a combined turn of the wheel and lever in THE. NEW WIGHT COMTROL nrmp CcnmoLPRuri CWTKOL Pnvn TtUDPCK GRIP CROSSED CornKoi rttRC!, TDLLCVATOK Ji Diagrammatic sketch of the new Wright control. that position has the double effect of warping the wings, and turning the rudder just sufficiently to counteract the drag on the wing tip with increased angle of incidence, thus acting similarly to the old type Wright control in correcting a bank. When it is desired to make a turn the small lever is advanced a little, and then rotated with the wheel, thereby turning and banking the machine at the same time. It certainly appears that this form of control is an improvement on the old type Wright control, and it is one which will make a strong appeal to pilots, who prefer not to, or are unable to, use their feet for controlling their machines. ® ® Society is arranging a series of popular scientific lectures to be given daily. Full particulars will be announced later. B. G. COOPER, Secretary. ® ® ® ® Death of Herr Veeh. AT Dusseldorf on the 27th ult., Herr Paul Veeh, the designer of the semi-rigid Veeh airship, died at the early age of 50. It is stated that his health broke down mainly as the result of disappoint ment at the failure—largely due to the lack of financial resources—of his projects. The Schutte-Lanz Airship. THEjnew Schutte-Lanz airship " SL2," with 23 persons on board, made a voyage of an hour's duration on Saturday, a course being steered from Cologne to Mannheim. The new airship has a capacity of 23,000 cubic metres, is 144 metres long, and the greatest diameter is 18J metres. 240
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