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1914
1914 - 0924.PDF
I/O™! SEPTEMBER 4, 1914. 19. The Hansa Taube. plane, to the trailing edge of which is hinged the divided elevator. Mounted on top of the fuselage is a vertical fin of comparatively large area, to the trailing edge of which is hinged the rudder. Evidently the monococque type fuse/age, and the absence of the usual girder structure below the wing, has reduced the head resistance enormously, for with a 100 h.p. Mercedes engine this machine is said to be capable of a speed of •92 miles per hour. 19. The Hansa Taube •differs in no way from the usual form. It has the familiar back-swept upturned wing tips, the flexing tail plane, and the divided rudder working half above and half below the fuselage. Seats are arranged in tandem, the passenger occupying the front seat immediately behind the engine. A short turtle back, extending from the nose to a point a short distance behind the pilot's seat, improves the streamline of the front portion of the fuselage. With a 100 h.p. Mercedes engine, the speed is 72 m.p.h. the very deep and narrow fuselage, the top of which is fitted with a turtle-back extending from the nose of the machine, back to the vertical tail fin. Open ings have been cut out for the cylinders of the engine and for pilot and passenger, whose seats are arranged in tandem. The planes have been left uncovered for a distance of about 1 foot on each side of the fuselage, in order to provide a view in a downward direction. The chassis is of the wheel and skid type, consisting of a single central skid carried on steel tubes coining down from the lower 20 The Harlan Arrow Taube. 20. The Harlan Arrow Taube. 20. The Harlan Arrow Taube combines the back-swept upturned wing tips of the ordinary Taube type monoplane, with the swept back wings of some of the Arrow biplanes. In addition to the backward slope of the wings, these are set at a very pronounced dihedral angle, and are braced in the usual way by means of a girder below the wings. Tail planes •of the usual Taube type are mounted on the rear end of longerons of the fuselage and swept upward in front to protect the propeller. To this skid are pivoted the stub axles which carry the wheels. Springing is obtained by rubber shock absorbers inside the fuselage, to which run steel tubes coming up from the wheel axles. With an Argus or Mercedes 100 h.p. engine, and with full load on board, this machine climbs 1,000 metres (3,281 feet) in 15 minutes. To be continued.) 924
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