Bicycle-based aircraft (or would-be aircraft)

[hesham]

From Aerophile 1912,

here is a different designs,and from Internet,Mr. Schmutz.

 

[hesham]

From TU 170,

here is a flying bicycle,designed by Mr. Francois Baudot.

 

[hesham]

Mr. Maggiore Zanotti;

Flugsport von Oskar Ursinus - Kompletter Jahrgang 1922 als digitaler Volltext | Flugwesen Luftsport Luftfahrt Luftverkehr Luftwaffe

Zeitschrift Flugsport von Oskar Ursinus - Kompletter Jahrgang 1922 als digitaler Volltext mit Informationen über das Flugwesen, über den Luftsport, über die zivile und militärische Luftfahrt sowie über die Luftwaffe in den Jahren 1939 bis 1945.

www.pennula.de

 

[hesham]

Translation: « Bréau, the able cycling champion, recently tried a cycle-based, air-powered aviette. The results probably didn't meet the expectations as we have not heard of these experiments since. »

Mr. Henri Bréau designed a flying-bicycle called Avicycle;

BRÉAU (New manufacturer)
in 1934, Henri Bréau ex champion of France cyclist, tried on the autodrome of Montlhéry a aviette, it is
say a bicycle fitted with a monoplane wing staysailed from below and driven by a two-bladed propeller,
named "Avicycle”.The cyclist was protected from the wind (!) by a transparent fairing.

TU 211

 

[hesham]

From TU 211,

here is a flying-bicycle,designed by Captain Douet ,

At the 1935 Lépine Competition, the captain Douet presented a bicycle equipped with two offset wings,
the front wing being of "parasol" formula while the rear wing was carried by a beam. This machine was
meant to break Gabriel Poulain's record . Editor ignores results practices obtained by this machine.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1956.

 

[hesham]

From Flying Windmill,The Gyroplane Story.

 

[hesham]

From Aerophile 1912,

here is a two designs for flying bicycle,and a human-powered bicycle-airplane,designed by Mr, Graf Piuseux.

The Cycloplane for Mr. de Puiseux.

J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°

www.j2mcl-planeurs.net

 

[hesham]

From Toute l'aviation,

here is a drawing to Michel Mineo design,maybe called M-2 ?.

 

[hesham]

The image shows Gabriel Poulain.

Gabriel Poulain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gabriel Poulain was a French champion cyclist. He made several attempts to achieve human-powered flight and in July 1921 won a prize of 10,000 francs awarded by Peugeot for a flight of ten metres at a height of one metre, on a bicycle with two wing planes in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.

The winged bicycle was not Mr Peugeot's design.

A little more on M Poulain's aerial exploits - from The Aeroplane of 22 June 1921.

From Aerophile 1922.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 1931,

Mr. Peter Muller at the controls of this Pedroplane,I don't
know if he was the designer or not ?.

 

[fortrena]

The following chatty text may perhaps be of interest.

I want to fly my bicycle, I want to fly my kite: Peter Müller and the Pedroplan | The Channel

ingeniumcanada.org

 

[hesham]

From Aviation Magazine 1972.

 

[publiusr]

Anyone use bamboo? I am surprised the bicycle came so late in history.

 

[riggerrob]

Anyone use bamboo? I am surprised the bicycle came so late in history.

Bicycles need smooth, hard-surfaced roads. At a minimum good gravel roads.

 

[iverson]

Anyone use bamboo? I am surprised the bicycle came so late in history.

Bicycles need smooth, hard-surfaced roads. At a minimum good gravel roads.

Bicycles--in the form of pushbikes--go back to the 18th century at least. The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, USA, had quite a collection of them, most built from wood. They were used on 18th century roads and cross country--and, given lack of suspensions or tires, were known as bone-shakers.

I have read that, in the 19th century, big-wheel bikes were a favored way of getting to the Yukon gold fields in winter during the gold rush. They'd ride them up frozen rivers that were anything but smooth.

Some expensive, modern, artisanal bikes have indeed been built from bamboo.

 

[hesham]

From L'Air 1919.