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1930
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 VARIETY MANY were the ways and meanstried in the early days toachieve automatic stability in the air. The "Circular" 'plane of Mr. Cedric Lee was one, and the Walton Edwards " Rhomboidal " machine shown on the right was another and not entirely dissimilar type. The " Rhomboidal " biplane did not, as far as we recollect, attain any marked degree of success, but whether this was due to the unortho- dox design or to insufficient engine- power, or to ineffective controls, we cannot say. Any one of these would have been cause enough in itself to prevent success, and it is likely that all three causes contributed. Scale models in the form of gliders were made before the full-size machine was built, and flew remarkably well. It is regretted that we. have not available a photograph of the Cedric Lee machine for comparison. The general principle was similar, but the plan form was circular, with an opening in the centre. M« Tilghman Richards had a good deal to do with the development of the Cedric Lee. Designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, the B.E.2A shown on the left was the forerunner of the B.E.2C, but had wing warping instead of ailerons for "lateral control. The^Vickers monoplane, No. 6, shown on the right, was influenced by French R.E.P. practice. The fuselage structure was of steel tube, although the machine was produced as early as 1911 or 1912. The Coventry-Ordnance biplane, shown on the left, was designed by Mr. W. O. Manning for the Military Trials of 1912. The monoplane on the right was designed and built at Brooklands by Mr. L. Howard Flanders. Reference has already been made to the early Blackburn monoplanes. The photograph on the left shows, from above. a 1912 model with 50 h.p. Gnome, in which a great deal of flying was done, notably by Mr. Harold Blackburn. On the right is the Henry Farman, which was a very familiar sight at Hendon during 1912-13-14. It was on a machine of this type that Chevillard d'id his famous " Chute de Cote," or side-slip stunt. FLIGHT Photos 46
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