Word: ruddering
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...when at 600 metres, he did not stop. At about this altitude the machine "slipped off on a wing" (side-slipped) and then went into a nose drive. It struck the ground in this attitude. Two possible reasons for the accident are improper manipulation of controls, (using too much rudder) or illness. Bill may have become dizzy due to the quick turns of the machine and have lost entire control of his machine...
Both races yesterday were uneventful, the only chance of a bump being spoiled when the rudder of the Mt. Auburn street shell broke just off the Stillman Infirmary. The crew was then within ten feet of Claverly and in all probability would have bumped it before the finish. Randolph and Hampden-Dunster, the first crews in each division, increased their leads on the other boats throughout their races...
...drew away from Weld in the first few strokes. Thayer, however, again lengthened out the distance between the two boats before the first bend had been reached. Oxford street was forced to drop out of the race immediately after the start owing to an unfortunate accident to the rudder of its shell...
...forward. To counteract the former, and thus gain transverse stability, the Wrights warp the ends of their planes in such a way as to apply a downward force on the elevated side. To minimize the danger of pitching forward and thus gain fore and aft stability, the horizontal rudder, rigged either in front or behind the machine, is the most effective method which has up to the present time been found...
Throughout the practice the whole crew seemed to have considerable difficulty in controlling their slides. The blade work was very smooth and the men pulled together in splendid form, and on the trip upstream the boat spaced out almost to the rudder posts. They did not do so well on the row down-stream against the tide, however, and at times the shell checked perceptibly. Physically the men are in very good condition, although they are not trained very fine. They are all able to follow Tappan quite well, as was shown yesterday, when he raised the stroke to about...