The Second Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes

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Credits: Produced by James Simmons
Language: English
LoC Class: TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Subject: Airplanes -- Models
Category: Text
Project Gutenberg: eBook-No. 62549
Release Date: July 3, 2020
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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2.THE SECOND BOYS' BOOK OF MODEL AEROPLANES — FOREWORD — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I MODEL AEROPLANES OF 1911 — CHAPTER II MODEL AEROPLANE TOURNAMENTS — CHAPTER III PARLOR AVIATION — THE SLING-SHOT GLIDER. — CHAPTER IV TOOLS AND MATERIALS — CHAPTER V THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PLANE CONSTRUCTION — CHAPTER VI SCIENTIFIC PROPELLER BUILDING — FABRIC PROPELLERS — THE LANGELEY BLANK. — CHAPTER VII ASSEMBLING THE MOTORS — CHAPTER VIII DIRECTIONAL CONTROL — CHAPTER IX MODEL AEROPLANE DESIGNS — THE FAMOUS "ONE OUNCER." — A MODIFIED BLERIOT. — A SIMPLE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL. — MODEL WITH MINIMUM PLANE SURFACE. — THE BURGESS WEBB MODEL. — A MODEL WITH ADJUSTABLE STABILIZERS. — AN EFFICIENT THREE-OUNCE MODEL. — AN ALL-METAL MODEL FRAME. — AN EFFICIENT SINGLE STICKER. — A ONE-PLANE MODEL. — THE CANNING MODEL. — THE FLEMMING WILLIAMS MODEL. — CHAPTER X DESIGNING THE SKIDS — CHAPTER XI GEARED MOTORS — CHAPTER XII LESSONS OF THE MAN-CARRYING AEROPLANES — CHAPTER XIII SELECTED QUESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS — CHAPTER XIV AMONG THE MODEL BUILDERS — CHAPTER XV CURIOSITIES OF THE AIR — CHAPTER XVI RULES FOR CONDUCTING MODEL AEROPLANE CONTESTS — PREPARED BY THE WEST SIDE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK. — GENERAL RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR 1911. — RULES FOR CONDUCTING MODEL AEROPLANE CONTESTS — PREPARED BY THE NEW YORK MODEL AERO CLUB. — RULES FOR MODEL AEROPLANE CONTESTS — PREPARED BY THE NEW YORK MODEL AERO CLUB. — DISTANCE CONTEST Two prizes: — SPECTACULAR FLIGHT CONTEST One prize: — CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF A MODEL AEROPLANE CLUB — COURTESY OF NEW YORK MODEL AERO CLUB — CONSTITUTION — ART. I — ART. II — ART. III — ART. IV — ART. V — ART. VI — Art. VII — ART. VIII — ART. IX — BY-LAWS — ART. I — ART. II — ART. III — ART. IV — ART. V — ART. VI — ART. VII — ART. VIII — ART. IX — DICTIONARY OF AERONAUTICAL TERMS — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — L — M — N — O — P — R — S — T — U — W

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