Описание
Страна: Франция
Год: 1911
Летающая лодка
J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
Societe des Etablissements Donnet-Denhaut
Monsieur Denhaut's gliders featured a sealed fuselage suitable for operation from water. Denhaut had noted that there were a large number of lakes in France from which seaplanes could be operated, and his first plane (built in 1910) was a flying boat racer with a 35-hp Lemasson engine. A pusher biplane, it featured a central step on the fuselage to facilitate takeoff. The aircraft was initially fitted with wheels and tested from the land. When these tests proved successful, the wheels were removed and the aircraft was flown from the water. Three of these planes were built by the Espinosa firm. Denhaut's next two designs were experimental aircraft built by Levasseur in 1912; both were powered by 50-hp Gnome N-1 engines.
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Описание:
- J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
- L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
Фотографии
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J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Denhaut's first flying boat which was powered by a 50-hp Gnome engine. Dimensions included a wingspan of 9 m and length of 8 m.
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L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
Note the forward elevator and the hull shape of this first Denhaut flyingboat temporarily fitted with wheels: nearly flat on the bottom with only the shallowest step, and knife-edged on top. The machine still retained its forward elevator when this picture was taken. A larger step was soon added after the first hull had proved unsatisfactory.
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J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Denhaut flying boat.
