The Br.30T twin-fuselage may be interesting to see. Alas I have not the Docavia #6 "Les avions Bréguet 1940-71" (see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collection_Docavia )
Hesham, in Personal Message I promised you I will check my Trait d'Union collection for the Bréguet part of Charles Claveau's articles "French aircraft 1919-45". In the alphabetical list alas, it was written "BRÉGUET: this subject is so big, we will make a special issue about this subject only". Alas the next issue I have was continuing the list, but... later, among the issues I have: issue #172 April-March 1997 "Louis Bréguet aircraft 1919-1945". This is very complete, I fear there is too many 3-view drawings to scan and post them all here. I am going to make a list at least, or I may send it to Hesham to enjoy a full month or two...
Below, I present the Br30T which is the same as the art above it seems:
The 3-view drawings of projects in Trait d’Union #172 are Bréguet:
850 (28-engines, 200 passengers, twin-fuselage 1941)
(The Br 850 is featured in my book Forked Ghosts).
Breguet 40
Derived from the "all stell" technology of the Breguet 27 and
Breguet 39 t, the Breguet 401 t from 1930
is a big 3 engined plane of 7 tons weight with 16-20 passengers
for 1000 kms
"Les premiers appareils BREGUET"
Gerard Hartmann
At last, the Br.30T did not look much like the Blériot 125, but I just found the patent for this Bl 125 of 1930/31:
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/mosaics?CC=FR&NR=704078A&KC=A&FT=D&date=19310511&DB=EPODOC&locale=fr_fr
Hi all
I read that the first Breguet 19 project was a twin engined plane
show at the "7eme fete aerienne de Paris" during november 1921
2 Bugatti four bladed propellers !? cancelled for a more conventional
project that we know...........
Do you know something about this project ??
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/fr/Breguet_19
Thanks for your comments
Bye
From Trait d'Union #172 March-April 1997:
There were 2 parallel engines driving a common 4-blade propeller. Replaced by a single engine before the first flight.
But the obviously jet powered derivative shown above the cut away certainly was. Any
more information about it ? Cannot see any mention of the propulsion in the description.
Big task of the day was to make some sense of the mess that was this and a few other pre-war Bréguet-related topics.
We now have separate topics for airliners/transports, combat types and flying boats.
As usual, only the types that are sufficiently documented/developed deserve their own thread (several loners were therefore merged into either of these three generic topics — until of course we get enough material to grant them separate status).
"Early" transport Bréguet aircraft topics are now as follows:
in 1933,and in transport aircraft for Air France competition,Breguet submitted a proposal,but never built,I think it was Br.440 ?,but of course I am not sure.
The 3-view drawings of projects in Trait d’Union #172 are Bréguet:
850 (28-engines, 200 passengers, twin-fuselage 1941)
(The Br 850 is featured in my book Forked Ghosts).
Hi!
Bréguet 20 Leviathan. Pilot position is impressive. Bad forward view.
The engine was the Breguet Bugatti 32A, which combined two U-24 engine. U-24 engine was a increased displacement U-16, 16 cylinders u shape(side by side inline 8 cylinder block) engine.
On June 30, 1922 (although, according to some reports, it happened on June 20) for the first time took off a prototype passenger plane Breguet Br.XX Leviathan. This name it got for its size: the length of the fuselage - 15 meters, the wingspan - 25. The cabin could accommodate 20 passengers, which made "Leviathan" one of the most spacious airplanes of those times. The crew consisted of three people: two pilots and a mechanic.
Externally, the aircraft looked like a single-engine, however, its propulsion system consisted of two U-shaped eight-cylinder engines Breguet Bugatti 32A with a capacity of 450 horsepower, working through a total gearbox for one four-bladed propeller with a diameter of 4.4 meters.
The power unit was in the bow of the voluminous fuselage, and next to the working place of the mechanic, who could directly in flight to adjust and eliminate minor problems, for example, to change the burnt ignition candles. When one of the two engines was turned off, the aircraft could continue flying for some time, allowing the pilots to find a suitable landing pad.
In tests, the aircraft showed good flight data: the maximum speed was 190 km/h, cruising - 175, the flight range with a full load - 1600 km. However, there were no buyers for the plane. In the early 1920s, passenger air travel was still a wonder, wanting to fly long distances was quite a little, and therefore the owners of airlines considered the passenger capacity of "Leviathan" redundant. The most popular at that time were considered "airliners" for 6-10 passengers.
In addition, the plane because of its dural design turned out to be quite expensive, and its propulsion system caused fears of its unusualness.
The Bréguet-Bugatti Quadimoteurs were named for their configuration of four essentially independent engines coupled together to create one powerful engine. The engines’ size and complexity limited …
The 3-view drawings of projects in Trait d’Union #172 are Bréguet:
850 (28-engines, 200 passengers, twin-fuselage 1941)
(The Br 850 is featured in my book Forked Ghosts).
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