Publication 160, 1907, Aeromobiles soon to be on the market
| Original title | Aeromobiles soon to be on the market |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Aeromobiles soon to be on the market |
| Authors | |
| Date | 1907 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | Vacu-Aerial Navigation and Manufacturing Company, William Woods Plankinton, Anthony Rudolph Silverston, future, aeromobiles, use, market, stability, landing, takeoff, silk, aluminum, steel, Curtiss motor |
| Journal | Amer. Mag. Aeronautics |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 1 |
| Word count | 3001 |
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Sources
- Brockett 1910, page 13, entry 160: Aeromobiles soon to be on the market. Amer. Mag. Aeronautics, Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1907), New York, p. 18. S (160
- Scan at Internet Archive
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AEROMOBILES SOON TO BE ON THE MARKET.
The Vacu-Aerial Navigation and Manufacturing Co. of America has been for some time working on a machine which they believe to be about perfected. In an interview with Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston, the General Manager, he said:
"I expect to begin experimenting with a finished machine between the first and the fourth of July. If we do not have any breakdown we possibly will give a demonstration July fourth.
"There are only a few words that I can say at the present time regarding the machine, and they are more than we have said to anybody else. The principal part of our machine consists of a tubular body made entirely of aluminum, 25 feet long and 8 feet 3 inches in diameter. We have two sets of planes, each one 60 by 6 feet. Including the tubular body, we have a plane surface of nearly 1400 square feet. As far as indications now go, our weight will not exceed, including machinery and car, which is below the tubular body, 800 pounds. The horse-power is supplied by a Curtiss motor, and is the same motor used by Mr. Curtiss at Ormond Beach last January or February, which made the fastest mile ever travelled in the world, namely, a mile in 26 2-5 seconds, or 139 miles an hour. The motor is guaranteed to furnish 40 horse- power, but easily develops between 60 and 65. The upper plane surface on our machine insures a perfect maintenance, automatically, of equilibrium in both directions. As far as models have shown, we can rise almost instantly from the ground and descend with equal facility and safety. You will observe that we carry about ½ pound to the square foot of surface. We have employed nothing else but aluminum and steel, except for the wing surface, where we naturally used oiled Japanese silk. Comparing our machine, taking into consideration the horse-power, plane surface and weight, with the apparatus of the Wright Brothers and of Santos-Dumont, we should be able to carry from 2000 to 3000 pounds.
"We have absolute confidence in out-doing any machine so far put before the public and have no hesitancy in saying that we have in this production actually solved this vexing problem. From what we know from model flights, we can travel in any desired direction under any and all conditions in absolute safety, and in that regard, far superior to any automobile or steamboat. We are employing a number of patent devices to secure safety to the operator and passengers. I lay stress on passengers because if we have only a pretty toy, and are incapable of reducing this invention to a commercial basis why, then we quit. Our aim and intentions are centered entirely on a commercial solution. If this machine proves what we claim, we will at once engage in the actual manufacture of this machine, with many new devices attached, and we have gone so far already as to locate a very extensive and large plant near this city. [Milwaukee. — Ed.].
"Our president, Mr. William Woods Plankinton, is in thorough accord with my views and more sanguine than these few words express."
