Rational normal scroll

For this smooth projective bundle, put $L={\pi }^{\ast }{\mathcal{O}}_{{\mathbb{P}}^1}(1)$ and $M={\mathcal{O}}_{\mathbb{F}}(1)$, using projectivization by quotients. If every $a_i>0$, the complete system $|M|$ embeds it as a rational normal scroll. If every $a_i\ge 0$, the same system defines a scroll image which may be singular. Allowing arbitrary integers gives an abstract scroll; a common twist makes an embedding available. Its intersection numbers are $L^2=0$, $L{M}^{n-1}=1$, $M^n={\sum }_i{a}_i$, and its canonical divisor is $-nM+({\sum }_i{a}_i-2)L$.