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Страна: Франция

Год: 1909

Журнал Flight

Flight, October 30, 1909

FLYER SILHOUETTES FROM THE PARIS SALON.

GREGOIRE-GYP.

   MONOPLANE, principally interesting on account of the method of warping the wings by means of a bevel-gear mechanism, which rotates the tubular steel main spars. The arrangement is both neat and compact, more, particularly, however, in that it is operated by the steering-wheel and is the sole control in flight. Depressing the horizontal steering - column rotates both spars in unison and warps both wings in the same sense. The warping of the wings by means of movable main spars depends on the provision of a fixed fulcrum to hold the inner extremities of the wings rigid. An accompanying sketch shows the arrangement diagrammatically.
   A rudder is fitted for use when the machine is running at out on the ground, but it is not intended to be operated in flight.
   While considerable care and attention has been given to the construction of the main wings and their warping mechanism, there is a noticeable absence of equally good workmanship elsewhere. The chassis, which combines ski and wheels, at first glance resembles that on the Hanriot, and a comparison of the two designs is instructive.

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  • Журнал Flight
  • L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)