Model Aeroplanes and Their Engines: A Practical Book for Beginners
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MODEL AEROPLANES AND THEIR ENGINES
Waid Carl’s model in flight. Courtesy Edward P. Warner, Concord Model Club
A Practical Book for Beginners
GEORGE A. CAVANAGH
Model Editor “Aerial Age”
DRAWINGS BY
HARRY G. SCHULTZ
PRESIDENT THE AERO-SCIENCE CLUB OF AMERICA
George Anthony Cavanagh
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INTRODUCTION
LIST OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
HISTORY OF MODEL AVIATION
CONSTRUCTION
PROPELLERS
WINGS
FRAME
ASSEMBLING
LAUNCHING
CHASSIS
PONTOONS
LAUNCHING AN R. O. G. OR MODEL HYDROAËROPLANE
WORLD RECORD MODELS
THE LAUDER DISTANCE AND DURATION MODEL
THE HITTLE WORLD RECORD MODEL
THE LA TOUR FLYING BOAT
THE COOK NO. 42 WORLD RECORD MODEL
THE RUDY FUNK DURATION MODEL
THE ALSON H. WHEELER WORLD RECORD MODEL
A MODEL WARPLANE
A SIMPLE COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE
COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN MODELS
THE DART COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN MODEL
THE MCMAHON COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN MONOPLANE
THE MCMAHON COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN BIPLANE
COMPRESSED AIR ENGINES
THE WISE COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE
THE SCHOBER-FUNK COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE
THE SCHOBER FOUR CYLINDER OPPOSED ENGINE
GASOLINE ENGINES
THE JOPSON 1 H. P. GASOLINE ENGINE FOR MODEL AËROPLANES
THE MIDGET AËRO GASOLINE ENGINE
STEAM POWER PLANTS
H. H. GROVES STEAM POWER PLANTS
G. HARRIS’S STEAM ENGINE
PROFESSOR LANGLEY’S STEAM ENGINE
FRENCH EXPERIMENTS WITH STEAM POWER PLANTS
CARBONIC GAS ENGINE
THE FORMATION OF MODEL CLUBS
WORLD’S MODEL FLYING RECORDS
DICTIONARY OF AËRONAUTICAL TERMS
