For the other control a long lever
carrying a steering wheel furnishes all the necessary control
movements, there being no footwork at all. The lever is
universally jointed and when moved fore and aft operates the
two ailerons as if they were one; when the shaft is rotated it
moves the tail as a whole. The horizontal tail component is
immovable. When the lever is moved from side to side it works
not only the ailerons and the independent elevators, but also
through a peculiar arrangement, the vertical rear rudder as well.
The spread of the planes is 46 feet 6 inches and the width 6
feet 6 inches. The ailerons jut out 1 foot 6 inches on each
side of the machine and are 13 feet 6 inches long. The cross-
shaped tail is supported by an outrigger composed of two long
bamboos and of this the vertical plane is 9 feet by 4 feet, while
the horizontal plane is 8 feet by 4 feet. The over-all length
of the machine is 36 feet. The lifting surface is 857 square
feet. It will weigh, with a pilot, 1,450 pounds. The distance
between the main planes is 8 feet 6 inches, which is a rather
notable feature in this flyer.
The propeller has a diameter of 11 feet and 2 inches with a
13-foot 6-inch pitch; it is driven at 560 revolutions by a chain,
and the gear reduction between the chain and propeller shaft
is two to one.
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