Dodge Steam-Powered Helicopter Model of 1901

[hesham]

Hi,

the American artist William de Leftwish Dodge designed an aeroplane-helicopter in 1900/1901,
very strange concept with steam-powered engine.

http://chezpeps.free.fr/0/pre-1914/07-301_350-copy_paste_Breguet-Pre-1914-Aircraft-Challenge.html

 

[Stargazer]

the American artist William de Leftwish Dodge designed an aeroplane-helicopter in 1900/1901,
very strange concept with steam-powered engine.
http://chezpeps.free.fr/0/pre-1914/07-301_350-copy_paste_Breguet-Pre-1914-Aircraft-Challenge.html

The scale model is said to have been flown with steam engine. I do not know however if this was how the full-scale machine would have been powered.