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Show HYDROPLANE WITH AERIAL PROPELLER A now hjdroplano that Is itfactlng cousldornblo attention Is a skimmer driven by an aerial propollar nnd cap-ablo cap-ablo of making more than sixty miles an hour. Tho principal fonturo of this crnft Is Its hull, somowhat llko thnt of a sea sled, with which Is used an Ingenious means for producing produc-ing nn nlr cushion botween Oio wator and tho hull when tho skimmer is traveling nt a high rate of srecd. The nlr Is collected by wldo funnels which faco toward tho bow. Connected Connect-ed with each funnel Is a plpo that has Its outlet under tho hull, the plpo outlots bolng spaced along tho hull from bow to stern. At high Bpeods tho air pressure against tho funnels nldcd by the suction of tho water past tho mouths of tho tubes, causes a largo tolumo of nlr to bo 'llscharg-ed 'llscharg-ed under the hull, with tho Jesuit thnt tho luiil rides on a cushion of nlr and mist. Tho Juno Popular Mechanics Me-chanics Magazine contains n pl"turo of this hydroplane. |
