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night airplane, and the adjustment should be such that the elastic bands enter into play effectively since the stress should not surpass that which they should bear at rest.

The tests should be furnished with a checking arrangement so that, in any case, the fixed parts of the airplane cannot touch the ground.

The tail skid should be placed in such a manner, that after the maximum expansion of its elastic bands, the rudder and the stabilizer should not graze the earth in bad fields.

III DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPLANE.

ASSEMBLY - Disassembly, reassembly and transportation ought to be easy. The wings, particularly, should be able to be taken apart into pieces of not more than eight meters in length, which can be easily transported by railroad.

STANDARDIZATION - For the parts for which the Technical Section will have specified standard tables, the dimensions figuring in the tables are exclusively specified. Standard tables are established particularly for the:

Steel
Canvas and bands
Cables
Piano wire
Bolts
Turnbuckles
Tubes, round and streamline
Screw threads

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not entirely sure if I did the list at the bottom in the correct format (it's not exactly a table/chart so I just listed them)