. St. Nicholas [serial]. motor. The designs and principlesof the aeroplane as first produced by Bleriot, theWrights, Curtiss, and Farman, are practicallyunchanged. Minor changes have been made inconstruction and in the placing of control rudders,but to the uninitiated they appear very much thesame as they were two years ago. The cost ofconstructing a machine like the Curtiss is about$400. An equipment, including motor, propeller,radiator, etc., will cost from $1500 to $2000, al- It is possible, however, that some one will dis-cover some new means of navigating the air-lanes, and so do away wit
. St. Nicholas [serial]. motor. The designs and principlesof the aeroplane as first produced by Bleriot, theWrights, Curtiss, and Farman, are practicallyunchanged. Minor changes have been made inconstruction and in the placing of control rudders,but to the uninitiated they appear very much thesame as they were two years ago. The cost ofconstructing a machine like the Curtiss is about$400. An equipment, including motor, propeller,radiator, etc., will cost from $1500 to $2000, al- It is possible, however, that some one will dis-cover some new means of navigating the air-lanes, and so do away with the modern aeroplane. The value of the aeroplane in time of war isunquestionable, and the various governments,realizing this fact, have taken up the matter seri-ously, and are training men in the use of United States Army and Navy have bothbeen supplied with machines, and are constantlyadding new ones to their equipment. Recent experiments have been carried out todetermine the possibility of carrying mail by n. A WRIGHT BIPLANE (OLD TYPE).Note the way in which the wings are worked to prevent the machine from turning over when in flight. though not actually worth over $500, so that theactual cost of an aeroplane is less than $1000, andyet the price of a first-class machine, complete,ranges from $3000 to $10,000. Commercially, the aeroplane is useless in itspresent state. It cannot carry any great weight,it will not stand any extra strain, and is unable tofly unless the weather be almost perfect. Auto-matic stability is still in an imperfect stage, andthe motors are not altogether reliable. Last, butnot least, it is a very expensive machine, both inits first cost and in the outlay necessary to keepit in proper condition. These faults, as well as many others, must beovercome before we have a practical flying-ma-chine. Danger must be eliminated to a greaterdegree, and to do this, it is necessary to produce amachine that will automatically balance itself. Athoroughly reli
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