GB190821952A - Improvements in Flying Machines. - Google Patents

Abstract

21,952. Britain, W. Oct. 16. Aerial machines without aerostats; adapted to travel on land; aeroplanes; steering.-An aerial machine is provided with one or more carrying-planes placed on a framework in a position inclined to the horizontal, with a rear tail which can be adjusted about transverse or longitudinal axes, and with spring - mounted castor wheels. In the form described, three inclined planes a, Fig. 1, are provided and the normal inclination of the tail plane is less than that of the main planes. The centre of gravity is so placed relatively to the centre of support that the tail plane carries about half the weight per unit of area of that carried by the main planes. The tail is mounted on a universal joint f and is rocked about a transverse axis by cords l, l<1> passing up a hollow shaft g and over the pulley j mounted on the axis of hand-wheels. The movement about a longitudinal axis is effected by cords h, h<1> passing over quadrants i and over a pulley on the bottom of the shaft g, which is turned by the hand-wheel. Shock of landing, deadening.-The machine is mounted on three wheels x carried on arms horizontally pivoted at y' to vertical shafts z pivoted in bearings z<1>. Springs x<1> cushion the wheels, and springs x<2> return the wheels to a fore- and-aft position. Propelling.-The propellers e are mounted on inclined shafts d and are rotated by a large pulley, fixed to the blades, which is driven by the driving- mechanism described in Specification No. 8866, A.D. 1909. The propellers are rotated in such a direction that the nearest blades of the propellers move upwardly.