Loening, 1911, Automatic stability of aeroplanes. Comments on some American patents
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Six classes of designs for automatic stability: 1. Pendulum 2. Gyroscope 3. Auxiliary planes controlling rudders 4. Elastic frame design 5. Rigid frame design built to move correctively 6. Systems using compass or barometer to automatically steer
In addition to the patents linked in keywords below, some others without numbers are mentioned, including one by James Means dated 14 December 1909.
Loening is cited as the author of Monoplanes and Biplanes, which we don't yet have in our database.
| Original title | Automatic stability of aeroplanes. Comments on some American patents |
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| Simple title | Automatic stability of aeroplanes. Comments on some American patents |
| Authors | Grover Cleveland Loening |
| Date | 1911 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | automatic stability, aeroplanes, patents, gyroscope, frame, compass, instruments, Patent US-1907-869019, Patent US-1909-918336, Patent US-1910-965969, Patent US-1910-970974 |
| Journal | Scient. Amer. |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
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Sources
- Brockett (1921), page 803, entry 4: Loening, Grover Cleveland. Automatic stability of aeroplanes. Comments on some American patents. Scient. Amer., Vol. 104, No. 19 (May 13, 1911), New York, pp. 470-471, 488, ill. (B2p0803e04)
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