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The Book Shelf => What's interesting to read => Topic started by: Berman on April 22, 2024, 08:02:42 AM

Title: Steam in the Air
Post by: Berman on April 22, 2024, 08:02:42 AM

Subtitled "The Application of Steam Power in Aviation During the 19th and 20th Centuries". Written by Maurice Kelly. Interesting book with history and illustrations. Who will be first to scratch build something?

Title: Re: Steam in the Air
Post by: Dutch522 on April 22, 2024, 08:51:42 AM

(https://i.postimg.cc/kGYbX4mX/IMG-4922.jpg)

How 'bout the Henson Aerial Steam Carriage in 1:32? She's flying the Red Ensign and everything.

Dutch

Title: Re: Steam in the Air
Post by: KiwiZac on April 22, 2024, 10:10:54 AM

Now that would be a gorgeous model! I've personally had a soft spot for Clement Ader's designs...

Title: Re: Steam in the Air
Post by: Berman on April 22, 2024, 10:52:58 PM

 My favorite is the 1877 Edward Frost ornithopter. Of course, I will need to figure out a method to produce a huge amount of scale turkey feathers attached to artificial quills. The actual machine had quills made from "red willow strengthened with cane let into shallow grooves in the wood and bound with twine." Each constructed feather was fourteen feet long. The forward parts of the wing were covered in silk.