L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Louis Noel's next design, also in 1911, was based on the Caudron, with rectangular wings and 2 small triangular rudders set below a large tailplane with an elevator hinged at the rear. There were flaps set between the wings, perhaps for roll control. The pilot sat in an uncovered nacelle behind the tractor engine.
In 1912 Louis was also reported as flying the Paumier biplane, which he may have helped design or build, since his first known biplane and the Paumier were similar. In 1914 he showed another Noel biplane, this one designed with a man called de Rue, who was in fact Captain Ferdinand Ferber. The large covered nacelle sat 2 in tandem, and was set between the large unequal-span wings. Large ailerons were fitted to the upper wings, and drooping panels were set inboard of the ailerons as air-brakes for landing. The rectangular tailplane was mounted above the rudder, the whole assembly attached to the wings with a Farman-Iike set of tractor outriggers. The machine sat high on 2 pairs of wheels, and the tractor Gnome was nicely cowled.
(Span: (upper) 15 m; length 9.5 m; empty weight: 450 kg; 80 hp Gnome)
Jules Noel's designs are likely to have been more numerous than these; he was frequently mentioned between 1908 and 1912 as an enthusiast of flying machines, but not as a pilot. In 1912 he founded a small automobile company that continued until 1925.