Machine Types
Online English Magazine | September 9, 2008
Aeroplane Series # 2
By J. S. ZERBE, M. E.
There is really but one type of plane machine. While technically two forms are known, namely, the monoplane and the biplane, they are both dependent on outstretched wings, longer transversely than fore and aft, so far as the supporting surfaces are concerned, and with the main weight high in the structure, thus, in every particular, conforming to the form pointed out by nature as the apparently correct type of a flying structure.
Shape and Form Not Essential
It may be stated with perfect confidence, that shape or form has nothing to do with the mere act of flying. It is simply a question of power. This is a broad assertion, and its meaning may be better understood by examining the question of flight in a broad sense.
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