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1912 - 0582.PDF
1/tiGHT JUNE 29, 1912. Certain characteristic features worthy of special note include the relative positions of the engine, pilot and wings, the engine is low and the wings are high, the pilot sits behind the engine and has Mi.-;:::::^:y::::::.."••[:'• >8;>mSffew " Flight " Copyright. Showing how the rear elevators are operated by the long bamboo connecting-rods, and how the rear skid Is attached. "Flight" Copyright. Enlarged view of the tail members of the Cody monoplane. an outlook "under the trailing edges of the wings. Coupled with the strong and massive undercarriage there is sufficient evidence of a low centre of gravity. The propeller shaft on the other hand is placed higher up and is driven by a vertical chain. The machine lias an overall length of 37 ft., a span of 46 ft. 6 in. and an overall height of 12 ft. 6 in. that can be reduced to 8 ft. 6 in. in a few minutes for transport by folding down the cabauc. Similarly, by dismantling the tail the overall length is reduced to 31 'ft. These transport facilities have been influenced by the War Office Competition rules, in which event we hope to see the Cody monoplane figure prominently. The engine is a 120-h.p. Austro- Daimler motor and the transmission chain a Brampton. The propeller is a British-built Chauviere, 11 ft. 6 in. in diameter and pitch. In construction, it has 10 laminations of walnut. It runs at two-thirds engine speed, for there are 24 sprockets on the crankshaft wheel and 16 on the propeller wheel. The static thrust from this combination Mr. Cody estimates to be something in the neighbourhood of 800 lbs. Aft of the engine is the cockpit for the accommodation of the pilot and passenger. They are seated side by side and the control is arranged in the central position so that both may be able to handle it with equal facility. As regards this, the Cody control is especially convenient for all three con trolling movements of the rudder, the elevator, and the warping are operated from the one column. A movement of the column to and from the operator actuates the twin elevators by means of a long bamboo connecting rod. Warping is done by swinging the column from side to side. To steer, the handwheel is rotated. The type of seat that Cody provides for the pilot and passenger are fully recognised as Cody seats. Otherwise, the same style of thing is used very frequently on agricultural machinery. Nevertheless, for comfort they leave nothing to be desired. •Kl.ght' opyngr S. F. Cody in the cabin of his new monoplane, showing the control- levers through the windows. 582 " Flight" Copyright. S. F Cody gives a slight test of the strength of the top bracing ot his monoplane by hanging his 200 lbs. weight on to the extreme tip of one of the wings.
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