LIST OF CONTENTS
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Introduction ix
History of Model Aviation 1
Construction 8
Propellers—Wings—Frame—Assembling—Launching—Chassis—Pontoons—Launching an R. O. G. or Model Hydroaëroplane.
World Record Models 52
Lauder Distance and Duration Model—Hittle Tractor Hydro—La Tour Flying Boat—Cook No. 42 Model—Rudy Funk Duration Model—Alson H. Wheeler Twin Pusher Biplane.
A Model Warplane 83
A Simple Compressed Air Engine 85–93
Compressed Air Driven Models 94–102
The Dart Compressed Air Driven Model—The McMahon Compressed Air Driven Monoplane—The McMahon Compressed Air Driven Biplane.
Compressed Air Engines 103–109
Wise Compressed Air Engine—Schober-Funk Three Cylinder Engine—The Schober Four Cylinder Opposed Engine.
Gasoline Engines 110–117
Jopson—Midget Aëro Gasoline Engine.
Steam Power Plants 118–122
H. H. Groves Steam Power Plants—G. Harris’s Steam Engine—Professor Langley’s Steam Engine—French Experiments with Steam Power Plants.
Carbonic Gas Engine 123–124
The Formation of Model Clubs 125–138
World’s Model Flying Records 139–141
Dictionary of Aëronautical Terms 142–152