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Only few is known on Henri SALLARD and the plane he built.
According to E. Archdeacon, H. Sallard started working on this plane in 1909. He did the first flight in 1913. The plane was based at by the flying school BOREL-MORANE.
H. Sallard survived the war but died before 1970, he was a member of the "Vieilles Tiges" association (early pilots) (see here)
Pilot licence n°794 (09 march 1912 on a Farman)
Military pilot licence n°568 (31 august 1914 on the )
Technical features of "L'avion Autostable Sallard" :
Upper span : 15m
Lower span : 11m
Length : 9m
Weight : 600kg
Speed : 100km/h
For Opdyke the engine is a 100hp 10 cylinder Anzani, for Archdeacon it's a 80hp Anzani.
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L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Sallard
Henri Sallard demonstrated his first aeroplane at the 1914 Concours de Securite; L'Aerophile described it as automatically stable in pitch and roll, thanks to its shape and CG position, with a great excess of power which allowed throttle maneuvering - that is, taking off, climbing, or descending by using only the throttle without touching the controls:
The aeroplane being nose up will not slide on its tail if throttles are cut, but pitch down by itself and recover its gliding attitude by itself... If in a bent turn (inclined), pressure on the rudder is released, the apparatus will recover its horizontal position, sliding slightly on (low) wings to follow the new direction straight forward.
It was a big handsome biplane of metal construction, with a long fuselage tapering to a horizontal tail-post, and cut off square in front behind the engine; the pilot sat immediately behind the engine, ahead of the wings, and the passenger was behind and slightly above him. The upper wing was much longer than the lower, both with gracefully rounded tips, with ailerons on the top wing only. The tail was long and tapered, small in comparison with the rest of the machine. It rested on 2 pairs of wheels with short skids in between.
(Span: (upper) 15 m; (lower) 11 m; length: 9 m; wing area: 37 sqm: gross weight: 600 kg; top speed: c 100 kmh; 100 hp 10-cylinder Anzani)
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