sentences:  There was a small elevator mounted at the front of the fuselage as well as a rectangular rudder mounted underneath, which also served as a nose skid.The main undercarriage consisted of a pair of bicycle wheels on a short single axle mounted on struts from the fuselage under the wing.It was first tried on 21 March 1907, when Blériot made a single taxiing trial which ended in the aircraft slewing round, causing the undercarriage to collapse and damaging the rudder and elevator.