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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF A MODEL AEROPLANE CLUB .............. DICTIONARY OF AERONAUTICAL TERMS ................................ The Full Project Gutenberg License ................................ Section 1. General Terms of Use & Redistributing Project Gutenberg™ electroni...
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2. CHAPTER I MODEL AEROPLANES OF 1911For the average boy there is no more stirring music than the brisk, whirring note of his model aeroplane. Let the propellers spin steadily for ten glorious seconds, and the jour...
3. CHAPTER II MODEL AEROPLANE TOURNAMENTSWithin the year, exhibitions and contests of model aeroplane flights have become an established form of entertainment. The attractions of the flights of man-carrying machines ar...
4. CHAPTER III PARLOR AVIATIONA model glider, or aeroplane without a motor, will be found perhaps as entertaining a toy as the power-driven machine. It is much simpler, of course, to build and adjust a succe...
5. CHAPTER IV TOOLS AND MATERIALSA well-stocked tool chest will be of great assistance to the builder of model aeroplanes, but it is by no means essential. A few simple tools, easily obtained, will be found to...
6. CHAPTER V THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PLANE CONSTRUCTIONTHE planes of your model aeroplane need no longer be a blind experiment whose merits or defects may only be learned by actual test. The science of wing-building is much better u...
7. CHAPTER VI SCIENTIFIC PROPELLER BUILDINGEver since windmills were first set up, men have been studying the merits of different propellers. By the time steamships came to be driven through the water by rotary blades or...
8. CHAPTER VII ASSEMBLING THE MOTORSIn the present stage of model aeroplane building, rubber strand motors satisfy every demand. Models have been flown for more than 2,500 feet by the force of these twisted strand...
9. CHAPTER VIII DIRECTIONAL CONTROLThe unerring flight of birds is, of course, the model for the builders of heavier-than-air machines. Much of the birds’ skill in directing their motive power remains a mystery t...
10. CHAPTER IX MODEL AEROPLANE DESIGNSWhether one be designing the simplest paper glider, a model or a passenger-carrying aeroplane, the problem of stability is the same. To keep afloat, your air craft must be suppo...
11. CHAPTER X DESIGNING THE SKIDSMuch more attention is paid to designing the skids for model aeroplanes in America than abroad. Since the American model usually rises from the ground under its own power, this...
12. CHAPTER XI GEARED MOTORSA MORE accurate control may be gained over a strand motor by using gear wheels. Both their speed and duration may be increased indefinitely. The gear will restrain a powerful mo...
13. CHAPTER XII LESSONS OF THE MAN-CARRYING AEROPLANESTHE builder of model aeroplanes will do well to keep in touch with the development of the passenger-carrying air craft. The development of both types of machines will always be...
14. CHAPTER XIII SELECTED QUESTIONS FOR BEGINNERSHow can I find the center of pressure of my model aeroplane? The simplest plan is to adjust the planes so that the model flies on a perfectly even keel, and then balance the mac...
15. CHAPTER XIV AMONG THE MODEL BUILDERSA number of model aeroplane builders in America have developed distinctive designs which have come to be accepted as standard types. Among thousands of boy amateurs these models...
16. CHAPTER XV CURIOSITIES OF THE AIRUntil the summer of 1911, the longest model aeroplane flights officially recorded in America remained under 300 feet. From England meanwhile came disquieting reports of 1,000 fo...
17. CHAPTER XVI RULES FOR CONDUCTING MODEL AEROPLANE CONTESTS1. These General Rules and Conditions shall apply to the events conducted by the West Side Y. M. C. A. 2. Each and every contestant for a prize shall accept without reservation...