G'day, I used to fly an early "Ultralight" which was almost a copy of the Demoiselle..., to see it, title search YT for, "The 8-Hp, 1975, Red Baron Skycraft Scout ; World's 1st Legal Minimum Aircraft !" High-wing Tractor Monoplane, lots of Dihedral but no lateral controls..., all-moving Cruciform Elevators and Rudder but no Fin or Horizontal Stabilisors, Single-surface Aerofoils, triangular A-Frame under the Fuselage-Keel-Tube with Wheels on the bottom corners and the Pilot sitting behind the A-Frame, under the Wing. It hangs in a Museum these days. Such is life. Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
I've built my own versions and flying something that all wing and totally movable tail surfaces isn't as easy as it looks. No side areas can make it interesting fast. With modern amenities and materials I'm envisioning building one full scale in a garage. When a great design. Still useful in modern avaition. My advise? put a pilot figure in it to give it scale weight. It suddenly calms down but still floats. Good job by the way.
I think it is way overpowered. Looks like you havs a twin 30 cc gasser up front. It needs half that powere and also less engine weight. That ship should need just a puff to get it airbourne. It should be a slow fying floater. On the positive side I love it. It is so vintage and the wheels are to die for. Not too keen on the all moving tail. Cannot see the point of it when rucders and elevators do exactly the same job. Peter
Primeiro nem o Santos Dumont demorou tanto para decolar o seu avião, segundo esse motor é muito mais potente em relação ao peso potencia, do que o do Santos Dumont.
I believe Santos Dumont had a pocket-like sleeve sewed up the back of his 'flying jacket' and a stick slid up into it that controlled the ailerons. So, yes, he leaned into the turns but was actually activating the ailerons. His feet on pedals and hands on the control stick activated the rudder/elevator combo much like modern light airplanes.
@@edog7059 G'day, Thanks for that, I've never heard of Dumont having or using such a method..., but Glen Curtiss used to have a Shoulder Cradle to lean into for activating his interplane Ailerons. Last week I was able to video the 1975 Skycraft Scout, which was largely based on the Demoiselle - but done in Aluminium and Dacron. If you backtrack me to my Videos, or title search YT for, "National Transportation Museum ; Visiting My First Aeroplane...!" you should be able to find it - and get a bit of a giggle over the way History repeats and rhymes. Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
@@daveday5507 It's been a lot of years but I knew i had a set of Demoiselle plans here somewhere. Found them! Originally published in 1910. I stand somewhat corrected. There were no ailerons but Dumont controlled wing warping from a control stick, referred to in the plans as his 'third hand', that slipped into a pocket sewn onto the back of his jacket. You are correct that there are no rudder pedals - the plans refer to a 'hand wheel for the direction' to control side to side movement of the 'rudder/elevator', on the left side of the seating area and a stick called the 'lever for altitude' on the right side of the seating area - this controls up/down movement of the 'rudder/elevator'. The plans also show construction of the one-piece cruciform 'horizontal rudder' that has 'practically a universal joint' swivel arrangement so it can move up/down and side to side for directional control. The structure was originally made of various sizes of bamboo but later on, poplar and ash was also used. These details are from the Santos Dumont Demoiselle Monoplane as was then being built by the Clement Bayard Factory in France. 1910.
