You are like mariners afloat upon the sea vainly waggling your rudders and boasting that you are at the mercy of no erratic winds, while the ships pass you under full sail.
So you float and work your rudders and turn round and round, and are very bitter.
The body of his craft, between the forward wings and the rear ones, where the rudders were located, was shaped like a cigar, with side wings somewhat like the fin keels of the ocean liner to prevent a rolling motion.
The wind appeared to be rushing beneath the planes and rudders with the velocity of a hurricane.
Before locks were built there was always a sort of race from Rushes to Surly, each boat trying to catch and bump the one before it, and the fun was to try and get the rudders off and have a regular jostle.
The facility with which such a pair can be steered tempts men to omit to study that delicate balance of a boat's stern on its point which was the acme of art before rudders came in.
Two horizontal rudders placed at the stern of the boat steered her downward whenever she wanted to dive and so accomplished a diver was this boat that a depth of twenty-eight feet could be reached by her in five seconds.
When I came to try this combination out in practice, I found hand control of the horizontalrudders was sufficient.
I also used, in conjunction with the hydroplanes, horizontal rudders which I then called "levelling vanes," as their purpose was just the opposite from that of the horizontal rudder used in the diving type of vessel.
Two horizontal rudders steered the boat in the vertical plane and an ordinary rudder steered in the horizontal.
Rudders at bow and stern completed the navigating equipment.
When the required depth is reached swift turns of two big brass wheels set the horizontal rudders that check the descent and keep the boat on an even keel.
At the same time the electric engines are put into motion and the propulsive force of the propellers acts upon the diving rudders and causes the sinking to become a gliding.
Each of therudders was then furnished with a tiller; and these two tillers being connected together with a cross-piece, were controlled by a central tiller that actuated both rudders simultaneously.
The planes were folded against the fuselage; there were no signs of aerilons, horizontal or vertical rudders and other contrivances common to aeroplanes.
Suddenly he thrust the vertical rudders hard over, at the same time unlocking the wing mechanism.
With skilful hands Tom turned the rudders and sent the airship down on a slant toward the earth, aiming for the entrance to the cave, which loomed up in the storm.
The lights had not yet been switched on, and the RED CLOUD was skimming along under the influence of the automatic rudders and the propellers.
There was a great stretch of wings and planes, several rudders other appliances for which the young inventor could not exactly fathom a use.
Then the course rudders would swing gently over; and perhaps, almost immediately, another grinding cry of rock and steel would come from the other side.
Once clear of the opening, Keith set his motors full forward and brought the diving rudders up.
Then Wells sped down the ladder and tilted the diving and course rudders of the submarine.
Then would come quickly indrawn breaths as the rudders swung again and the humming silence droned on.
She turned around in response to the influence of the rudders and propellers, and was headed straight for the blazing shed, but some distance above it.
The rudders had been carefully examined before the flight was made, to make sure they would not fail, for on them depended the progress of the ship against the powerful wind.
Tom showed his official guest how a new system of elevation and depressing rudders had ben adopted, how a new type of propeller was to be used and indicated several other improvements.
At the extreme end of the big bag were the various rudders and planes, designed to keep the craft on a level keel, automatically, and to enable it to make headway against a strong wind.
A large number of fittings are fixed to the hull, such as the diving and steering rudders (all of which will be described later), while the superstructure is built on top of it.
When the conning tower is one-fourth submerged the angle of the rudders is increased to 1¼ degrees.
He does not need to do this by word of mouth but he can use an electric indicator which points out the angle at which he wants the horizontal rudders set (see Fig.
So when the order is given, the diving ruddersare set at only ½ a degree from the horizontal, as shown in Fig.
When a dive is to be made the diving rudders are set at the angles just mentioned, but water is not let into the ballast tanks at the same time, for this would also tend to destroy the balance of the boat.
As it takes a lot of power to move these rudders against the varying water currents, an air engine must be used to work them instead of levers that are connected directly with the gyro, pendulum, or water pressure controls.
It has a needle which moves over the quadrant as the pilot turns the diving wheel and this indicates the number of degrees up or down the horizontal rudders have moved.
As soon as this takes place, the angle is decreased to 1¼ degrees again, and the rudders remain at this angle until the dive is completed.
The vertical or steering rudder and the diving or horizontal rudders are hinged to a frame around the propellers as shown in Fig.
When he wants to return to the surface, or “break water,” the water is pumped out and then the diving rudders are set and the boat makes an upward glide.
The wings and the rudders seemed to me to work on a brain suggestion rather than on a movement of the levers.
Now and then the aeroplane dipped frightfully, but the wings and the rudders brought it back again.
He was fitted with oxygen and potash cartridges, so that he did not need to be connected by an air-hose with the boat, but could walk around it freely to mend injured rudders or to clear the propeller of entanglements.
The horizontal rudders or hydroplanes of the U-boat are shown in Fig.
Usually enough ballast is taken on to make the submarine only a little lighter than the water it displaces; and then to remain under, the vessel must keep moving, with its horizontal rudders tilted to hold it down.
At the tail of the paravane, there are horizontal and vertical rudders which can be set to make the device run out from the side of the vessel that is towing it, and at the desired depth below the surface.
The torpedo is steered by a rudder which is controlled by a gyroscope, and it is kept at the proper depth under water by diving-rudders which are controlled by a very sensitive valve worked by the weight of the water above it.
By means of large steering rudders and horizontal rudders, the machine could be forced to dive or rise or turn in either direction laterally.
All right, turn the deflecting rudders and down we go!
The gauges indicated a depth of about eight fathoms when Jimmie, who was at the helm, requested that the rudders be again deflected.
The rudders were deflected to their extreme range.
In furtherance of this plan, the rudders were shifted while Harry slowed the engines.
The action of the water against the rudders is such that the bows are forced down and the whole vessel slides under the surface.
It therefore becomes necessary for the submarine to be aligned by the steering rudders on the object of attack before the torpedoes can be discharged.
Although the steering both on the vertical and horizontal plane is controlled by hand, it would be quite beyond the strength of a man to move the various rudders as required, so electric motors are installed to perform the actual work.
In order to make the submarine dive beneath the surface, the horizontal rudders are deflected when the boat is proceeding at full speed.
The great perpendicular rudders of the vessel were inclined two degrees to the left to overcome the northern currents, which came strong and cold.
Slipping out over the edge of that precipitous tableland, they tilted her rudders and dove to the abysm below.
Illustration: They tilted her rudders and dove to the abysm below.
When the rudders are in this position, a rapid and destructive descent is not possible, as the machine will preserve an even keel while falling.
In case of a breakdown or failure of the engines when the machine is in flight, it is necessary to place the rudders in the position shown, in order to prevent the machine from diving to the earth.
The piston-rod extends to each end of the cylinder, and regulates the ruddersby pulling a small wire rope, the travel of the piston being about 8 feet.
As the fore and aft rudders are moved, the long tubular shaft immediately over the steam cylinder is rotated in such a manner as to move the whole gyroscope in the proper direction to close off the steam.
With therudders in this position, and at a speed of 30 miles an hour, I was able to lift the rear wheels k, k, off the steel rails and to bring the small wheel l, in contact with the upper track h.
Photograph of a model of my machine, showing the fore and aft horizontal rudders and the superposed aeroplanes.
Whenever the fore and aft rudders respond to the action of the gyroscope and are set in motion, they must at once commence to shut off the power that works them, otherwise they would continue to travel.
The Centurion and Formidable, having lost their rudders and propellers, had to be taken in tow, and sent, escorted by the battle cruisers Impregnable and Inflexible, to add to the congested state of the British dockyards.
A torpedo, fired by a badly shattered German warship, the Pommern, had struck her a few feet forward of the sternpost, shattering both rudders and the two starboard propellers.
The propellers were revolving and the rudders set hard over, consequently the Zeppelin was describing circles in the air at a height of a little over five hundred feet.
This is first noticeable on the gauge, afterwards by the diving rudders which are harder to manipulate and on which the boat often presses heavily.
But she obeys the diving rudders and slowly raises her nose out of the water.
Now the command to reappear is given, the diving rudders are set to "up," and immediately I am able by the depth gauge to follow their working and that of our stout pumps.
The pump rattles and growls and we climb with several hundred gallons over normal weight, and with the diving rudders in perfect working order, to the surface.
The combined aeroplane and dirigible balloon, a most wonderful traveler of the air, swung around, and then, with the deflection rudders slanted downward, came on with a rush.
To insure a more sudden descent, deflecting rudders were also used, similar to those on an airship.
The motor was speeded up, and in a short time, with her elevating rudders tilted skyward, the Comet was climbing higher into the air.
It's a wonder it didn't rip off the wings, rudders and everything else.
They were great sailors and went about in silver ships withoutrudders or sails.
He loves to see the people glide about upon the silver sea, in their ships without rudders or sails.
After the surfaces come the rudders in importance.
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