Henri Coanda 1911

[Mark_Miller]

Hi
anybody have data on this airplane?
A guy is trying to make a 3D model of it and has little to go on:
Henri Coanda WIP thread

interesting airplane
Mark

[PeterL]

The thing that drives me nuts when I see work like this is the realisation that you guys have three views and G/A drawings I would kill for. Where in heaven's name do you get them?

[Mark_Miller]

Originally posted by PeterL@Jul 12 2004, 05:04 PM
[b]The thing that drives me nuts when I see work like this is the realisation that you guys have three views and G/A drawings I would kill for. Where in heaven's name do you get them?

Peter
I'm not entirely sure, but in this case, I don't think Robert has any plans for this aircraft.
I believe he is basing everything on those two photos in the thread.
Photo interpretation like this can be difficult.

coincidentaly
I was sent a software program called PV3 which is designed to extract plan views from photographs. It has been available for quite some time, but it was recently upgraded to windows.

I'm kind of beta testing it.
If I can ever figure how to get it off this DVD
Mark

[Rod_Filan]

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

[Rod_Filan]

Coanda-1910

[Romani]

If it's any help, "Aircraft of the World" Angelucci -Matricardi, Rand McNally press, 1979 , has a page on it

3D view plus front, above and side views, and the dimensions of course.

Would you like a scan of the page?

EDIT: Oooopss, the images I just scanned are of the Coanda 1910, I saw the picture in the above post and didn't realize you were looking for the 1911 one.

Give me an e-mail address if you are still interested.

[Rod_Filan]

Yes please Romani. Email or posting here would be appreciated.

VBR
Rod