Handy man's workshop and laboratory . braceit with a small % or ^4-inch rattan stick, running from the frontto rear, then attach the propeller to rubber strands and twist them,as is done with the other types. I did this with one and got flightsof from 60 to 100 feet without any trouble. The construction of this aeroplane is very simple and at thesame time strong, The materials used are rattan, silk, and small,very thin pieces of brass. For the main planes, take ^-inch rattan and cut four pieces 23inches long, and twenty-four pieces 3 inches long. Out of verythin light brass cut the corner brac
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . braceit with a small % or ^4-inch rattan stick, running from the frontto rear, then attach the propeller to rubber strands and twist them,as is done with the other types. I did this with one and got flightsof from 60 to 100 feet without any trouble. The construction of this aeroplane is very simple and at thesame time strong, The materials used are rattan, silk, and small,very thin pieces of brass. For the main planes, take ^-inch rattan and cut four pieces 23inches long, and twenty-four pieces 3 inches long. Out of verythin light brass cut the corner braces to the shape indicated at A,in Fig. 364. Bend them at right angles, along the dotted line, so 4*44 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY as to form three-way braces, as seen at the corners of the aero-plane in Figs. 365 and 366. Eight of these corner braces will beenough to make the main planes. The brace is wrapped around themeeting ends of the rattan. First make two oblong planes out of 11 * \ fi / \ c nv. ?#-&:—^ Kj>^. (U )
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