Santos-Dumont Demoiselle

The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle was an early aircraft built in France by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. It was a light-weight monoplane with a wire-braced wing mounted atop an open-framework fuselage built around a reinforced bamboo boom. The pilot's seat was below the wing and between the main wheels of the undercarriage. The rear end of the boom carried a tailwheel and a conventional empennage. As originally designed (as the Santos-Dumont No.

* Santos-Dumont Demoiselle — French single-engine single-seat pioneer monoplane - Saunders — Saunders Aircraft Company (Canada) 1
inspired by the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle of 1908. However, its design, construction, and performance are in line with modern ultralights.2
replica of the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, a forerunners of today's ultralight aircraft, was in its early form unable to leave the ground except in short hops.3
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle reproduction 1909PV/G Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.4

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle), there have been three generations of modern, fixed-wing ultralight aircraft designs, which are generally classed by the type of structure.5
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The Alberto Santos-Dumont Demoiselle was a monoplane from the early 1900s. The real plane was similar to today's ultra-light. The frame was made entirely of bamboo.7
The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle ("Damselfly") was an early aircraft built in France by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont.8
Wing Area Sqm
10
Designer
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Eng 1 Type
Darracq
First Flight
1908
Eng 1 Kw
26
Span In
10
Gross Weight Lb
314
Crew
One pilot
Gross Weight Kg
143
Height In
11
Max Speed Mph
60
Max Speed Kmh
90
Height Ft
7
Span Ft
16
National Origin
Brazil - France
Wing Area Sqft
110
Met Or Eng
met
Span M
5
Length Ft
26
Height M
2
Eng 1 Hp
35
Eng 1 Number
1
Eng 1 Displacement
3.2
Length In
3
Length M
8
Category
French experimental aircraft 1900-1909
Santos-Dumont aircraft

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