Jean Biche projects

[hesham]

Levy-Biche LB-4: single engined reconnaissance seaplane.

Hi,

here is the Levy-Biche LB-4 for this competition;

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6948.0/highlight,villiers+11.html

 

[Tophe]

From Trait d'Union #147 (Jan-Feb 1993):
Jean Biche worked for Georges Levy since 1915. Then he worked for Levasseur, then for "Schneider et Villiers". Then in 1930 he proposed twin-boom designs in 1930. In 1931, he worked for Hanriot and in 1937 he worked on Romano aircraft.

 

[Tophe]

JB.2 of 1930:

 

[Tophe]

JB-3 still of 1930:

 

[Tophe]

From Trait d'Union 185 (May-June 1999):
Ground attack two-seater designed in 1934 by Jean Biche after a requirement by General Hébrard.
Engine Gnôme-Rhône de 14Kdrs
Span 14m Length 8.2m Height 3.2m total weight 2104kg max speed 350km/h range 3h

 

[hesham]

Hi,


does anyone hear about Levy-Biche LB.1 ?.

 

[toura]

Hi Hesham
From an old "le Fana de l'aviation"

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Toura very much,


and there was also the Levy-Biche LB.6,it was a single seat biplane fighter,also
intended to work from aircraft carrier,powered by one 420 hp Gnome-Rhone
Jupiter engine.

 

[toura]

Yes my dear Hesham.

From "Air enthusiast" Figther a to z

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Toura,


and may be LB.1 was anther fighter.

 

[hesham]

From l'Aeronautique 1930,


I repeat sending the Jean Biche projects which my dear Tophe did that,but with more info.

 

[lark]

Good contribution..thanks.

 

[hesham]

By the way,


the Biche JB.2 was a light weight fighter of 1930,maybe intended for 1929 C.1
lightweight fighter competition;


http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22273.msg247626.html#msg247626

 

[Silencer1]

And most famous one - Hanriot-Biche 110C1 twin-boom single-engine fighter
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930090276


Check the PDF on this page!
Some good photos, drawings and details.


Interesting, could it be the starting point for P-38 design? ;D

 

[hesham]

Thank you Silencer.

 

[bigvlada]

I apologize if this is common knowledge, but you can extract pictures from pdf files using pdf xchange viewer's export function. Here are a few photographs from aforementioned NACA report.

 

[Stargazer]

I apologize if this is common knowledge, but you can extract pictures from pdf files using pdf xchange viewer's export function. Here are a few photographs from aforementioned NACA report.

And more often than not a simple click+copy+paste also helps!

 

[Silencer1]

Hello!


Preview of the NACA report on Hanriot-Biche 110 fighter and certain illustrations (color cast removed).

 

[Stargazer]

This NACA report is a treasure! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Silencer1]

This NACA report is a treasure! Thanks for sharing.

You are welcome!
There were a number of similar reports, describing European aircraft of 1920-30th, available for free download - sorry, couldn't remember the page with them.


H.110 has been later developed into H.115, with canon armament and four-blade propeller.
I'm looking for information about it for this topic

 

[Silencer1]

Two pages from "Les Ailes" newspaper March, 1933 (№615).
I'm adjusted it a bit for clear reading, removing yellow cast



Source: Gallica online library

 

[hesham]

and may be LB.1 was anther fighter.

The Levy-Biche LB.1 was two seat recce shipboard aircraft,powered by one 550 hp Renault
12 Kl engine,test on aircraft carrier Bearn.

 

[Stargazer]

The Levy-Biche LB.1 was two seat recce shipboard aircraft,powered by one 550 hp Renault
12 Kl engine,test on aircraft carrier Bearn.

If you go back to Reply #6 you'll see that there was no "LB.1". It was called the JL, and its production version was called LB.2.

 

[hesham]

Hi Skyblazer,


I think TU magazine is more certified than any magazine,so they called it LB.1.

 

[Maveric]

Any picture from JL?

 

[hesham]

If you go back to Reply #6 you'll see that there was no "LB.1". It was called the JL, and its production version was called LB.2.

If we look to JL.1,it was single seat,and LB.1 was two seat,in TU magazine,they were two different designs.

For Maveric,the picture for JL.1 was in reply # 6

 

[hesham]

From Onera Archive,

at first we know all Levasseur or Levy-Biche were a military airplanes,
but her is a two-seat light seaplane,what was it ?.

 

[riggerrob]

Does anyone have detailed drawings of the wing and tail boom structure of the 1930, twin-boom pusher?
I am curious about how they transferred loads from the outer wing panels to the cockpit pod.