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[/jJGHf] the trailing edge of the planes, is situated the pilot's seat. The two main floats are of the single stepped type, and are spaced comparatively wide apart in order to increase the lateral stability of the machine on the water. In previous models a single central float was fitted. A small float fitted under the rear part of the body takes the weight of the tail planes when the machine is at rest. 12. The F.F. Flying Boat is an experimental machine specially built for the Wamemunde-Scandinavia Race. The hull of this machine 12. The F.F. Flying Boat. takes the form of a short deep boat, which only extends back a short distance behind the trailing edge of the lower plane. The engine—a 150 h.p. Benz—is mounted in the rear portion of the hull, and drives through bevel gearing a four-bladed propeller, mounted approximately half way between the upper and lower main planes. Pilot's and passenger's seats are arranged side by side immediately in front of the leading edge of the lower plane, and a curved deck over the front portion of the boat forms a wind-screen for the occupants. As the boat does not extend sufficiently far back to carry the tail planes, these have been mounted on an outrigger consisting of four tail booms connected with struts and braced in the usual way by cross wiring. Ample water clearance is provided by setting the lower main plane at a pronounced dihedral angle, and as a precaution small floats are fitted to the lower wing tips. 13. The F.F. Seaplane is an earlier type, and is, as the illustration shows, of the propeller or " pusher" type. Its main planes are of OCTOBtR 16, 1914. rectangular plan form, and the top plane has a considerable overhang, the weight of which is taken when the machine is at rest by steel tubes sloping down to the lower ends of the outer pair of interplane struts. The 135 h.p. engine 13, The F.F. seaplane. is mounted in the rear of the nacelle, and in front of it, arranged tandem fashion, are the two seat?. A wide central float of the single stepped type is fitted, and two small cylindrical floats are fitted to the tips of the lower main plans. The two wheels may be raised or lowered at will from the pilot's seat. 14 and 15.—Of the machines numbered 14, the Fokker Biplane, and 15, the Gotha Flying Boat, no particulars beyond those printed in our table are available. 16. The Rumpler Taube. 16. The Rumpler Taube is exactly similar to the Rumpler Taube land machines, with the exception of the chassis. The floats are plain, 16. The Rumpler Taube. IO44
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