. Automotive industries . bered that the Verville plane was designed withspeed as the main object, while the Thomas-Morse is astandard army plane fixed up for maximum speed. Even more interesting comparatively is the showing ofthe little Vought with only 718 cu. in. developing notmore than 200 hp. in its Hispano-Suiza power plant. Itstime was 11 min. 11 sec. longer than that of the winneror 25 per cent slower, with an engine less than one-thirdthe size. Also the Vought ship is even less suitable forhigh speed than the Thomas-Morse. Therefore, it seems reasonable to expect that by build-ing as
. Automotive industries . bered that the Verville plane was designed withspeed as the main object, while the Thomas-Morse is astandard army plane fixed up for maximum speed. Even more interesting comparatively is the showing ofthe little Vought with only 718 cu. in. developing notmore than 200 hp. in its Hispano-Suiza power plant. Itstime was 11 min. 11 sec. longer than that of the winneror 25 per cent slower, with an engine less than one-thirdthe size. Also the Vought ship is even less suitable forhigh speed than the Thomas-Morse. Therefore, it seems reasonable to expect that by build-ing as good a speed ship as the Verville Packard on asmaller scale, the performance of this plane might easilybe equalled; just as automobile engineers found it actu-ally easier to get high racing speeds from the 183 engines than from the earlier 450 cu. in. engines. In 1918 there was a prevalent opinion in France thatthe maximum speed combined with controlability wouldbe found to require from 250 to 300 hp. That a larger. engine, requiring a heavier, larger plane, would be lesslively and so little faster that the extra speed would onlycount in running away. Hence the French concentrationupon the 300 hp. Hispano and the British anxiety to de-velop the A. B. C. So far aviation engineering has shown that there is agreat lack of co-operation between engine and plane de-signers. For instance, when it is a case of using maxi-mum power for speed or climb, nearly all planes areshown to have inadequate water and oil radiators. For utter speed we have as the limiting load the weightand bulk of one man. Since there is only one resistanceto consider, that of the atmosphere, it seems reasonableto expect that the most compact plane with the leastbulky engine would be the easiest ideal for which tostrive. And when we have it the small fast plane will bemuch more useful than the big fellow. Tfu Verville Packard biplane which won Hi,- Pulitzer trophy Nickel Plating Aluminum A PROCESS for nicke
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