OH yes. :D deb :) On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Louis and Deb! > > Deb, do I detect a little Brazilian pride there? > > > JoeG > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah A Chase <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 10:39 am > Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 42155] Santos Dumont Demoiselle > > And the best part is, he was Brazilian!!! :) :) :) > > It's a gorgeous build! :) deb :) > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I built this recently for a Fiddlers Green modeling contest on the >> Papermodellers group. This is the Lad 'n Dad version sold at Fiddler's. >> >> The tires are rubber O-rings, axle is a toothpick, the rigging is >> thread. >> The rest is paper. All the fine parts were hardened with CA glue for >> strength. It's a beautiful kit and well worth the time to build it. >> >> JoeG >> >> A little history: >> Santos-Dumont, who had taken up residence in Paris in 1898, was famous >> as a pioneering balloonist and airship pilot. He became interested in >> powered aircraft in 1904 when he visited the United States to see the St. >> Louis Exposition. He met Octave Chanute, an American engineer who had >> designed several successful gliders, and he learned about the Wright >> brothers' powered flights. This encouraged him to conduct his own >> experiments with powered aircraft and he started work on a biplane he called >> the *14-bis. *Although difficult to control, this aircraft completed the >> first Officially recorded powered flights in Europe. >> Santos-Dumont's crowning achievement was the *Demoiselle. *He conceived >> it as a plane that anyone could use for personal transportation and >> willingly let others make use of his design. The fuselage consisted of a >> specially reinforced bamboo boom, and the pilot sat beneath the wing within >> the tricycle landing gear. The* demoiselle *was controlled in flight >> partially by a tail unit that functioned both as an elevator and a rudder. >> In addition, another elevator was installed in front of the aircraft, and >> the pilot could help control the plane's lateral movement by shifting his >> weight from one side to another. >> Santos-Dumont's first *Demoiselle *made two short flights before >> damaging its propeller in a crash landing. The aviator then designed >> improved models, one of which had a strengthened tail section and a more >> powerful 35-horsepower tail engine, and was turned by wing warping. This >> successful model generated increased interest in Santos-Dumont's work, and >> he was able to sell several similar aircraft to other fliers. >> As the plane designed to popularize flying, the *Demoiselle *was ahead of >> its time. Nevertheless the remarkable little aircraft heralded the future >> and remains a tribute to the genius of its designer. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Papermodels II" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<papermodels%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<papermodels%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
