Little-Known French Projects and Prototypes

[hesham]

It's hard to ID my dear Avion,

and here is a Daspect monoplane drawing.

http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201939%20012.pdf

[cluttonfred]

From the diminutive size, prominent cabane and ample landing gear legs, and knowing the time period, my guess would be a Farman F.451 Moustique II for the aircraft obscured by the Weymann and a bathing beauty on the left.

By way of Luftwaffe-Research-Group, a photo with a few odd types

The center aircraft is the Weymann 230/231 discussed elsewhere on this forum. But the aircraft on the left and the right of the Weymann are stumping people.

Original ebay auction - http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Frankreich-Beute-Flugzeuge-franzosische-Luftwaffe-und-deutsche-Maschinen-/361862694939?hash=item5440b2881b:g:U0EAAOSwux5YYCF1

[hesham]

The Pescara Helicopter Model;

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6555017m/f23.image

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a Renault helicopter Project of 1912,from TU issue 122.

[avion ancien]

With reference to the second illustration in the foregoing post, I'm left wondering whether, rather than being a helicopter, this was a machine for performing trepanations!

[hesham]

My dear Avion,

here is the rest of the article to can judge.

[hesham]

In the Trait d'Union #208 (Mar-Apr 2003): "in 1934, someone named Goudant designed a flying boat with variable area wing. Two half wings (of 6.25m x 2m) disappear inside the the thick wing. 4 engines, speed near 300km/h, not built."

A more Info;

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6576063q/f7.image.r=Goudant%20hydravion

[hesham]

Hi,

was it a French airplane ?,Trois Amis ?.

[avion ancien]

I think not - even though there's no 'snow on its boots' in the drawing! If you take a look at http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5786.0/nowap.html it would appear that this aeroplane is Russian. Maybe the French periodical, from which your extract emanates, translated Tri Druga as Trois Amis. Maybe if Flight had featured it, the translation would have been Three Comrades!

[hesham]

Many thanks my dear Avion,

I thought wrong it was a French,because its name ?.

[Apophenia]

... Maybe if Flight had featured it, the translation would have been Three Comrades!

   But Flight did feature the Tri Druga!  Alas, they went with a rather dull translation -- "three friends" 

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%201032.html

[avion ancien]

..... but it might have been less dull if it had featured in the Daily Mail - which probably would have translated its name as Three Commie B#######s! After all, this aeroplane emerged only four years after it published the Zinoviev Letter.

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a canard seaplane which designed by Charles Nungesser.

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9023255f.r=hydravion.langEN

[hesham]

here is the Carmier T-10 light aircraft.


http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6556104n/f2.image

This designer,Carmier,also had some unbuilt Projects,such as a two-seat low-wing sporting monoplane.

[Avimimus]

Hi,


from Les Ailes journal,the designer Pierre Bazoin created two aircraft projects,the
first was tourist aircraft with inverse "M" shape,and the second was a six-engined
huge transatlantic flying boat in a weird configuration.


http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6560495x/f7.image

Some details: 110 tons, 80 m wingspan, total power 15600 CV

So that is something like 2560 hp per prop! So probably three engines each?