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1916 - 0768.PDF
1/DGEL SEPTEMBER 7, 1916. ! A NEW ON August 9th some very interesting trials were carried out at the Curtiss Aerodrome, Buffalo, N.Y., when Victor Carlstrom, the well-known Curtiss pilot, CURTISS "WIRELESS" SCOUT. carriage is also of an unusual type. In addition to the usual " V " chassis, there are struts sloping backwards and outwards from the axle to the lower wing spars at the point where is at tached the inter-plane struts. When the machine is in the air, these struts, it will be seen, are working in tension, thus partly taking the place of the usual lift wires. Some slight " cleaning up " changes in the design including an annular conical stream-lined casing over the boss of the tractor screw, are beingtfcnade which will, it is anticipated, increase the speed of the machine to about 125 m.p.h. The span of top plane is 21 ft. 10 ins., and bottom plane 11 ft. 3 ins. Side view of the Curtiss (Type S-2) "wireless " scout. put the new Curtiss model S-2 " wireless " scout through her paces. Equipped with a 100 h.p. Curtiss engine, the machine made a speed of 119 m.p.h. over a measured course. This is claimed to be a world's record for speed with an engine of this power. As regards the body, the new scout, it will be seen, is very similar to the previous type Curtiss scout, but several alterations are noticeable in the ar rangement of the main planes. In the first place, the lower wing is of quite short span, and a single strut on each side connects it to the upper wing. This strut is spread out at its upper and lower ends so as to take care of the travel of the centre of pressure for various attitudes of the wing. No external wire bracing of any kind is employed in the wing structure, the single strut effecting all the trussing. The under- Three-quarter rear view and three-quarter front view of the new Curtiss scout. 764 wireless
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