Identifier: handymansworksh00bond (find matches)
Title: Handy man's workshop and laboratory
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-
Subjects: Handicraft Workshop recipes
Publisher: New York, Munn & co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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from the gallery in the great banquet hall in the club houseof the Automobile Club of America—at a height of about 20 feet—it would frequently travel the entire length of the hall—100 feet—with perfect stability. The body of this model consists of a rectangular frame 43^inches long by 2^ inches wide. About 6 inches back of the frontedge of the frame and 4 inches above it the main plane, 31^ by 7inches in size, is placed. It is mounted upon V-shaped verticalsthat extend down to a keel 10 inches below the body. An ovalhorizontal rudder, 8^2 by a^/a inches in size, is pivoted out in frontof the center of the panel. This rudder can be set horizontal atthe start while the model is running along the floor. A stripreleases and allows a spring to turn it upward slightly when themachine has attained speed enough to soar. The tail is placed about 6 inches from the rear end of the mainframe. Its dimensions are 1^/2 by 6 inches. The V-shaped surface 452 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY
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< I ON CO HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 453 below it extends downward 4 inches and has a projected surfaceof 10 by 6 inches. The corresponding V in front extends down-ward about 6 inches and has a projected surface of 15 by 7 inches.The vertical rudder is 8 inches high by 4 inches wide. It has asurface of about 20 square inches. The motive power consists of a single rubber tube having itstwo ends joined so as to form a band 18 inches long, which isstretched to about 2 feet. This tube is about % of an inch thickand Y% of an inch in diameter. It is stretched upon two rubber-covered hooks. The hook at the rear is securely fastened in theblock, forming one end of the elastic frame, while the one at thefront passes through a tube in the forward block and carries thefront propeller, which, of course, is secured to it. The tubethrough which it passes is secured to the front block of the elasticframe and carries the rear propeller. To wind up the elastic, holdone propeller and turn t

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