M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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PUPIN motoplane. (Emile Pupin and Marc Denaus, 114 Wardour St., London W)
Early in 1911, a machine of unusual layout arrived at Hendon. It was a monoplane with an open girder fuselage mounted on a two wheel undercarriage with two skids, and a tail wheel on a tall structure. The engine, of unidentified type, was mounted in the center and drove, through chains and shafts, a pair of propellers mounted alongside the rear fuselage. A long rectangular fin was mounted above the forward fuselage with a rudder at the tail.
Three pairs of equal span wings were fitted, which could be varied in incidence and moved differentially in conjunction with the rudder. Patent No 27 476/1909 is relevant.
On test on 10 February 1911, three of the wings were damaged and that was the last heard of the motoplane.
P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
Pupin Motoplane
The Pupin Motoplane appeared at Hendon in November, 1910, and was a pusher with a pair of propellers driven from an engine which was mounted mid-way in the fuselage. It was a tandem monoplane of unorthodox design, having two equal mainplanes forward with a large vertical fin above them, and a large tailplane and small rudder at the rear. The Motoplane does not appear to have left the ground.
