
Описание
Страна: Франция
Год: 1916
(проект)
J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
Bleriot Twin-Fuselage Monoplane
In 1916 Bleriot proposed to the Ministere de la Guerre a project for a twin-fuselage monoplane. This study would later form the basis for the Bleriot 77. The design did not pass beyond the wind tunnel model stage. Based on the model it is known that this was to have been a pusher with engine behind the crew. The crew of two was seated side by side in the central nacelle. Estimated wing area was 40 sq. m.
Bleriot 77
Although this aircraft was developed in the early 1920s it warrants mention here because it stems from a 1916 design by Louis Bechereau. Proposed by Bechereau to the Ministry of War in 1916, it was an unusual monoplane with two separate fuselages. It was only at the end of the war, however, that detailed study of the design (under the Type 77 Bn4 designation) was begun. The graceful fuselage was similar to the later Bleriot 125. The monoplane wing had no external bracing and the internal structure was to be made of wood and lined with cloth. In 1921 a model of the Bleriot 77 was tested by the Laboratory Eiffel, but the aircraft did not progress beyond the project stage.
- J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)