L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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In 1911-12 Parent worked with Bruneau and built a very different-seeming aeroplane. Though unsuccessful, it suggested some of the streamlined designs of the 1930s and even later. The monoplane wing, unbraced, probably extended through the fuselage, the pilot's cockpit right in the middle of it; the second seat was well aft of the trailing edge. The outer panels were of greater chord and had a dihedral angle; tiny ailerons were set into the tips. The covered fuselage was deep at the stern, and flat-sided; there was no fin, and the rudder was hinged directly to the fuselage. Inadequate horizontal surfaces rested on top. The motor was fully cowled, with the rectangular radiator lying back at more than 45° from the motor. A 2-wheeled undercarriage was supported by 2 pairs of forward-inclined struts; 2 skids ran forward. The effect was of a rather angular 1930s racing plane. Parent and Bruneau were privates in the army at the time the machine was tested.
(Span; 9 m; length: 9 m; wing area: 22 sqm; 50 hp water-cooled V8 Vivinus)