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Rod_Filan · 12 July 2004, 09:02 PM

Thanks for bringing this aeroplane to our attention Mark. I didn't know Henry Coanda built more than one. I shouldn't be surprised though keeping in mind the success Coanda had with his first. If you consider a crash & burn to be a triumph !

Its interesting Robert has rendered this Coanda in red. The Coanda-1910 air-reactive sesquiplane was red. In viewing two photos from different angles taken at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition, Grand Palais in Paris the surfaces appear quite dark. In the photos Robert is using however, the covering looks very lightly coloured.

Ideas that may have been carried forward the following year from Coanda-1910... Large camber wing profile, with moveable slats on the leading edge to increase lift. Surfaces were laminated wood plating. The covering looks different on the Coanda-1911 but the principle may have been the same. Curiously, I have noted on Coanada-1910 that fuel and oil were stored in the upper wing.. reducing fuselage size thus drag. Do I see this on the Coanda-1911? Two gravity feed lines and some sort of flap contol device perhaps?

VBR
Rod

12 July 2004, 09:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rod_Filan Forum Ace Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Saskatoon Saskatchewan Posts: 2,461	Thanks for bringing this aeroplane to our attention Mark. I didn't know Henry Coanda built more than one. I shouldn't be surprised though keeping in mind the success Coanda had with his first. If you consider a crash & burn to be a triumph ! Its interesting Robert has rendered this Coanda in red. The Coanda-1910 air-reactive sesquiplane was red. In viewing two photos from different angles taken at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition, Grand Palais in Paris the surfaces appear quite dark. In the photos Robert is using however, the covering looks very lightly coloured. Ideas that may have been carried forward the following year from Coanda-1910... Large camber wing profile, with moveable slats on the leading edge to increase lift. Surfaces were laminated wood plating. The covering looks different on the Coanda-1911 but the principle may have been the same. Curiously, I have noted on Coanada-1910 that fuel and oil were stored in the upper wing.. reducing fuselage size thus drag. Do I see this on the Coanda-1911? Two gravity feed lines and some sort of flap contol device perhaps? VBR Rod __________________ Breguet's Aircraft Challenge Breguet's Crash Files Breguet's Pre-1914 Aircraft Challenge Fliegen ist notwendig. Leben nicht. - Suicide note left by pioneer aviatrix Melli Beese