Description of automatic control patented in Germany; it is claimed that airplane flies much steadier while automatically controlled than while controlled by pilot; turning relay attached to elevators may be also manipulated by anyone in cabin or plane; two gyroscopes are mounted in one frame, each gyroscope having freedom of precession in one plane only and, being driven by 333-cycle three-phase current, rotate in opposite directions at speed of 20,000 r.p.m.


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    Title :

    Automatic airplane control


    Additional title:

    Aviation Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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