Show movable motor to boost seaplane speed records london speeds of miles an hour may soon be attained by the use of movable engines in racing seaplanes sea planes according to the inventors of a new type of engine mount lug in tor for aircraft the mounting Is an outgrowth of experiments connected with the design and construction of the british schneider r trophy racers which last autumn put up a worlds record of 01 miles per hour in experiments ahe engine en ine Is mounted on n pivot permitting the engine and its propeller to he be tilted upward to any desired angle within a range of nearly 45 degrees the fact the engine and propeller can be tilted upwards so as to be well clear of the water his has enabled the designers to shorten the undercarriage dercar der carriage rInge so that the wings aings of the airplane almost rests on the water wate r in tills this way their resistance and we weight ight of the undercarriage have been greatly reduced |