De Rouge Elytroplan-Lateron biplane concept......

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Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the unconventional De Rouge Elytroplan-Lateron biplane "concept"......

The article comes from the 23rd January 1960 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)
 

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Wow, that is *weird*. I suppose you could class it as a 'canard', but the fore-plane would seem to lack control authority...
 
I almost didn't even think it had any yaw authority either until I noticed that the rear end of the fuselage appears to have the ability to pivot like a rudder. How strange.
 
Also from l'Aeronautique 12/1938,


here is the Rouge Elytroplan-Lateron concepts.
 

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Nik said:
Wow, that is *weird*. I suppose you could class it as a 'canard', but the fore-plane would seem to lack control authority...

Well it has a long enough lever arm... the big issue is probably the movement of the centre of drag forward... it might be more stable flying backward??
 
Good decision my dear Jemiba,


and in TU index,many aircraft and projects designed by de Rouge.
 

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From Collage 4/1946,

here is an Info about LB.20.
 

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From Ailes 10/3/1951,

here is a strange three ideas from Mr. de Rouge.
 

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Reminds me of the Flying Flea which caused quite a craze - and looks every bit as lethal.

The yellow one is also reminiscent of the first British-built aeroplane to fly, S.F. Cody's British Army Aeroplane No.1, which featured a similar forward-mounted upper rudder that Cody called a "head rudder." He actually used it as a supplementary aileron to increase roll control authority. One trusts that de Rouge was similarly clued-up as to its action.
 
From Aerophile 1934.
 

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