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A SERIES of important and valuable experiments are being carried out at Chalais-Meudon by MM. Legrand and Gaudard with the object of testing propellers, while actually in use, on a flying machine, and of studying the action of the air on planes in flight. The machine used is a biplane specially built for the purpose at the laboratory; the propeller in front is run off a 60 horse-power Renault motor; the planes are staggered; and the total weight, including the pilot, is 780 kilograms.
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Tests of Propellers for Flying-Machines . Nature 88, 329 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/088329a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/088329a0