Torpedo plane's handwheel
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Torpedo plane's handwheel
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Sending the Bomb Straight
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Caption: Showing the center opening in the wheel which permits the pilot to see the instrument board, also his target
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extracted text (Extract Text)
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IF the pilot of a torpedo plane could not see the instru-
ments which enable him to direct the bomb upon a
true course, the results would be disastrous in the ex-
treme. The handwheel of the Blackburn Blackburd
torpedo plane is made so the
pilot finds little to obstruct a
clear view of his instruments,
and he can look through the
opening in_the board both
forward and downward, mak-
ing no mistake when he turns
loose the deadly missile.
The handwheel is so con-
structed that only two spokes
are necessary to connect the
rim with a drum grooved to
carry the aileron wires, the
drum also forming the inner
member of the control-wheel
bearing. A roller at the end
of the control lever enables
the wheel to be turned with-
out friction. The pilot can
thus conveniently manipulate the
wheel and look through it at the in-
strument board, while also in posi-
tion to look without obstruction
through the center of the wheel and
the board down at his target.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1920-08
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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75
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 97, n. 2, 1920
