Chapter I: Front Matter

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MODEL
AEROPLANES

The Building of Model Monoplanes,
Biplanes, etc., together with a
Chapter on Building a Model Airship

BY
F. J. CAMM

WITH 190 ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

EDITOR’S PREFACE

This is a practical handbook on the principles, constructional details and methods of building model aeroplanes, written by a well-known model aeroplane designer and builder. It deals with every part of a machine and describes a number of different types, including monoplanes, biplanes, collapsible machines, tractor monoplanes, hydro-monoplanes, aeroplanes driven by compressed air, etc., etc. The concluding chapter explains how to build a model airship, and, as in the case of all the others, is based on the results of practical experience. Readers in need of further information on the subject should address their inquiries to “Work,” La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C., through whose columns (but not by post), assistance will be gladly given.

B. E. J.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1. WHY AN AEROPLANE FLIES 1
2. TYPES OF MODEL AEROPLANES 12
3. PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION: MODEL AEROPLANE FUSELAGES 19
4. PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION: CARVING AIR-SCREWS 35
5. PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION: BENDING AIR-SCREWS 42
6. PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION: PLANES 47
7. SIMPLE TWIN-SCREW MONOPLANE 54
8. SIMPLE TWIN-SCREW BIPLANE 61
9. WINDERS FOR ELASTIC MOTORS 69
10. COLLAPSIBLE MONOPLANE 73
11. TRACTOR MONOPLANE 80
12. HYDRO-MONOPLANE 87
13. COMPRESSED-AIR ENGINE FOR MODEL AEROPLANE 94
14. BIPLANE DRIVEN BY COMPRESSED-AIR ENGINE 104
15. GENERAL NOTES ON MODEL DESIGNING 120
16. GENERAL NOTES 124
17. EASILY-MADE TAILLESS KITES 136
18. BUILDING A MODEL AIRSHIP 141
INDEX 154

MODEL AEROPLANES