well next one would be bleriot xi (oz999) or Koechlin 1909 (oz14972), this time as micro rc model. i've built the diemer bleriot - did not really fly (bet as all diemer models won't fly). I prefer the bleriot, but the koechlin will be built in future i bet ;)
Was this an actual aircraft? It's very similar to my favourite plane in the movie, 'Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines', the Demoiselle. Form following function to the max. Nothing more. You've done proud with your rendition. The flight was a precise arabesque from start to finish, despite the motor becoming detached on the descent. The CoG shift worked perfectly. Merci René
Yes, it was, but not the Demoiselle. There was a contest for pedal driven airplanes back in the early years, this one is built after a plan from Tim Hayward-Brown which he drew after only one photo of the 1913s contest. The Demoiselle instead was the last development of Santos-Dumont and was a motor driven plane for the Grand Prix d'Avignon which was one by Farman in 1908. But if you look at the early planes, the most successful ones look quite similar ;)
@@renek9559 I feel you are being unfair to the memory of Alberto Santos-Dumont by dismissing the Demoiselle as his last development. His aircraft were designated by number and there were many "Demoiselles" including the hundreds built to plans he made publicly available at no cost to the builders. I've been looking at "the early planes" since long before you were born and can't recall ANY others being much like the Santos-Dumont's "Demoiselle". Please name the "similar, successful ones" to which you refer?
@@UguysRnuts i think you dont get the point. The Demoiselle you mentioned was No 19, which was in fact the last development. Santos- Dumont improved it until no 22. And as you know, he named ALL of his inventions or developments libellula, even sailboats. I am not unfair to him, just calling facts. He was the one who built the first light sports aircraft that could be bought, so there's not a thing to blame him. The other successful planes i meant is the type of aircrafts being built due to the findings by all of the pioneers - all of them were tractors, monoplanes, later on biplanes, that's what i meant. In fact, only very light and small persons could fly the No 19 ;) Fun fact: that is why the Demoiselle in the movie was flown by Joan Hughes, because the male stunt pilots were too heavy for it.
@@renek9559 I think we must be losing something in translation. A "libellula" is a dragonfly, distinctly different from the "damselfly", colloquially a "demoiselle". I have never known Alberto Santos-Dumont to use the name "Libellula" for any craft, either flying or floating, and believe the definition he intended with "Demoiselle" was "young girl". Sailboats are traditionally referred to in the feminine as "she's" and "hers" but I am not aware of any convention in which a vessel is regarded as a flying insect. Lady, yes. Bug, no. If you have a SPECIFIC reference, I am open to reconsideration.
@@UguysRnuts woops. Yes. The No 19 was the first "Libellule". In fact, it was only his 3rd airplane. I was confused by the numbers and names. Got to have a look in some old articles from the dingler journal. I think Demoiselles were all of his aircrafts, and the Demoiselle No 19 the Libellule.
Well, wasn't really possible. You can see my whole building description here: www.rc-modellbau-portal.de/index.php?threads/aviette-1913-peanut-scale-saalflugmodell.17284/#post-473700
