Publication 95, 1903, Aerial torpedo
Describes an invention, probably of Carl Edgar Myers.
Full text:
Prof. C. Myers has announced the completion of his "Electrical Aerial Torpedo," a machine which promises much in the solution of the problem of aerial navigation. The aerial torpedo flies like a thing of life, driven by two aluminum screen blades making 2,000 revolutions per minute, and rotated by an electric motor which obtains its power from an ordinary incandescent lighting current of 110 volts.
The movements are directed by two aeroplanes acting as rudders, moving the vessel up, down, right or left, in circles, spirals, or cycloids, in all directions in midair as freely as a bird flies. All these evolutions are under control of a distant operator, who moves an index over contact points on a dial switchboard, to which the vessel instantly responds.
| Original title | Aerial torpedo |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Aerial torpedo |
| Authors | |
| Date | 1903 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | torpedo, rudder, navigation, remote control, electronics, electricity, Carl Edgar Myers |
| Journal | Aer. World |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 1 |
| Word count | 127 |
| Wikidata id |
Sources
- Brockett 1, page 7, entry 95: Aerial torpedo. Aer. World, Vol. 1, No. 7, 1903, Glenville, Ohio, p. 153. S (95
- Scan at Internet Archive
