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grammes empty and 1,250 kilogrammes fully loaded. Surface loading will be approximately 80 kilogrammes per square meter.
The main vertical drive shaft to the helicoplanes proper terminates in the landing gear fork support for the planes proper. Small counterbalancing ailerons are fitted at the extremities of the helicoplanes. Elevator, stabilizer, and rudder are mounted in conventional fashion. The tall skid is really an extra strut to the landing gear proper to keep the propeller away from ground intereference.

In order to glide to earth in case the motor stops, Mr. Pescara claims that by varying the pitch of these helicoplanes and allowing them to be free to move they will revolve in opposite directions while gliding without power and thus increase the gliding distance appreciably. He claimed this would have practically the same effect as cutting down the loading to less than half of what it is with fixed planes.
Mr. Pescara is prepared to bring this machine to the United States under contract and guarantee its demonstration in a closed circuit under full control. Details of this arrangement

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