iMustBeCrazy Posted April 6 #1 Posted April 6 Here we go again..... The Demoiselle came in three main variants, the 19, the 20 and the 21. I believe Santos-Dumont was only involved in the 19 and 20 while other third parties made versions of the 20 and 21. Santos-Dumont made changes on the fly, the 20 started with a V8 but was refitted with a two cylinder horizontally opposed engine slightly more powerful than the 19. Anyway, it's confusing. I'm drawing what I think was the latest 20 which I'm designating (unofficially) the 20d. It won't by any means be perfect but should be reasonable: The main bit are mostly done, just everything else to do. And I've started on the engine. oakheart, thibaultron, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
oakheart Posted April 7 #2 Posted April 7 Hi Craig Believe it or not, there are crazy peeps who make and fly things just like this from my local airstrip ( Shobdon ) Close up they look like they are made from ali. tent poles and ripstock with a brush cutter engine bolted on. Some even have cabins and windshields. I will stick to making my models 🙂 Tim thibaultron, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Current Builds : Cutter "Speedy" 1828 from Plans by Bill Shoulders at 148 Bounty Launch - Scratch build - FINISHED 85 ft. Harbour Tug. scratch built from plans by Francis Smith. ( FINISHED but no build log for this ) HMS Lightning. kit bashed from Deans Marine HMS Kelly kit ( FINISHED ) yes at last....
iMustBeCrazy Posted April 7 Author #3 Posted April 7 40 minutes ago, oakheart said: Close up they look like they are made from ali. tent poles and ripstock with a brush cutter engine bolted on. And still not as scary as a 1909 Demoiselle. thibaultron, mtaylor, oakheart and 1 other 1 3 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
iMustBeCrazy Posted April 7 Author #4 Posted April 7 Some more progress on the engine today. It should look like this (note, rear view): It currently looks like this: oakheart, thibaultron, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
iMustBeCrazy Posted April 8 Author #5 Posted April 8 More detail on the engine: thibaultron, oakheart, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
iMustBeCrazy Posted Thursday at 09:21 AM Author #6 Posted Thursday at 09:21 AM (edited) Not much visible progress, I built the intake manifolds and piping (you can see one, rear right, in the second last photo. And that's a real crankshaft: I found some more photos of a 40hp Darracq, very close to the one used. I was wondering how they moved the Oil Tank and Pump to clear the bamboo longeron, now I know. Edited Thursday at 09:22 AM by iMustBeCrazy oakheart, thibaultron, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
iMustBeCrazy Posted yesterday at 07:52 AM Author #7 Posted yesterday at 07:52 AM (edited) The progress is a little more visible this time, I've added a cam housing, cam shaft and cams, cam followers, a water pump and a magneto. I've also moved the oil tank to the side and done some stupid things we're not going to talk about. Edited yesterday at 07:55 AM by iMustBeCrazy Waldemar, Keith Black and thibaultron 2 1 Craig. I do know, that I don't know, a whole lot more, than I do know. Current Build: 1:16 Bounty Launch Scratch build. 1:16 Kitty -18 Foot Racing Sloop 1:50 Le Renard HM Cutter Lapwing 1816 Lapwing Drawings Completed....: 1:16 16' Cutter Scratch build. Discussion....: Bounty Boats Facts
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