Ramel

   Inspired by Santos-Dumont and Albert Moreau, G Ramel designed in 1911-1912 an automatically stable biplane, controlled by the pilot's movable seat. Fitted with both front and rear elevators, each with a central fin, and a rudder at the rear, the machine had a box-like nacelle with the motor forward and the seat aft. The seat, with the controls attached, was mounted on 2 perpendicular supports, each rolling on an arched rail, so the seat was horizontal at all times. Ailerons pivoted sideways between the outer wing struts. The machine sat on 2 wheels under the lower wing, with a stabilizing wheel at each end of the fuselage frame. It was built near Fismes, between Reims and Soisson, and tested by Trotton for the first time at Juvisy on 3 October 1911; it was never heard from again.