Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
26 STEERING: Steering in the STEERING: On one day, May
horizontal plane was done 28, 1914, steering in the
entirely by the split-vane horizontal plane was done with
steering rudder located the vertical rudder which
underneath the main frame. (L.M. had been substituted for the
p. 214.) original Langley split-vane
steering rudder. After May 28th
the steering was done by the
vertical surface of the tail
rudder (Zahm affidavit p. 7),
which in 1903 was immovable
about a vertical axis (L.M. p.
214.)
POWER PLANT.
27 MOTOR: Langley 5 cylinder MOTOR: Langley motor modified.
radial.
28 IGNITION: Jump spark with dry IGNITION: Jump spark with
cell batteries. (L.M. p. 262.) magneto.
29 CARBURETOR: Balzer carburetor CARBURETOR: Automobile type with
consisting of a chamber filled float feed.
with lumps of porous cellular
wood saturated with gasoline.
The air was drawn through this
wood. There was no float feed.
(L.M. p. 225.)
30 RADIATOR: Tubes with RADIATOR: Automobile radiator of
radiating fins. honeycomb type.
31 PROPELLERS: Langley PROPELLERS: Langley propellers
propellers (L.M. pl. 53, pp. modified “after fashion of early
178–182). Wright blades.”
LAUNCHING AND FLOATS.
32 LAUNCHING: Catapult mounted LAUNCHING: Hydroplanes,
on a houseboat. developed 1909–1914, attached to
the machine.
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