Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1910 — ANY BRIGHT BOY WITH TOOLS CAN NOW MAKE AN UP-TO-DATE AEROPLANE ALL BY HIMSELF. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANY BRIGHT BOY WITH TOOLS CAN NOW MAKE AN UP-TO-DATE AEROPLANE ALL BY HIMSELF.

Boys, if you follow these plans, you can make an aeroplane that will fly: First, bhy a bamboo flahpole. Study the plan and cut pieces of the proper length. Split the pole to get pieces a quarter of an inch wide. Thia gives very stout and light rod*. Make three box forms, according to the scale in the plans. Don’t drill boles In the bamboo, but bind the ends together with heavy linen thread, moistened with glue. Cover the tops and ends of these boxes with a light linen cloth, tightly stretched. Glue the cloth to the framework and then paint the cloth with a'mixture which you obtain by shaving a paraffin candle into a pint of benzine, allowing the mixture to dissolve over night. Now you have three boxes. One is the forward rudder. It Is 12 Inches long and inches square. The largest box is the main biplane. It is 24 inches long and 6 inches square. The smaller box Is tbe rear rudder, which rftands upright. The larger box ought to be well braced with six uprights, three in front and three in the rear. Any boy who will study the plans carefully oan see how the boxes are fastened together in their proper relations. The forward box, which does the lifting, ought to be tilted upward. Underneath the aeroplane fasten two runners, which wijl take up the shock when the flyer alights. The next thing is to carve two propellers. Fasten on the middle of these, with small tacks, a tin plate and solder strongly to the plate the wire propeller pin, which is shown in the drawing. A glass bead ought to be placed between the propeller and the frame at E to act as a washer. Get two long, light rubber bandß—they ought to be at least eighteen inches In length. Attach one end of the rubbers to the propeller pins and the other to the framework at G and H. Twist the rubbers about 150 times, beldg careful that both propellers are equally “wpund.” Release the aeroplane when holding it above jrour head, holding the propellers with your thumbs until you are ready to allow the plane to fly. By adjusting the fore and rear rudders you will finally be able to direct your aeroplane in the air as you please. By keeping the rubbers covered with talcum pow- • der. they will last longer than otherwise =;=;