THE AERIAL ROBOT
A new device to make flying safer has been added to the aeroplane by the constant speed airscrew.
Unlike the speeds of motor ears, those of planes are governed by the pitch of the propeller blades. In some types variations are controllable by the pilot. Tho propeller of the British plane which won the race to Melbourne was capable of two changes, one for take-off, the other for high-speed flight.
The constant speed airscrew, an American invention, maintains automatically any selected rate of revolutions of the propeller, whatever the height or the load. At the same time it adjusts the pitch of the propeller blades without action by the pilot.
The chief value of the invention is that it reduces the risk of human error.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 76, 30 March 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)
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