Unidentified French Seaplane Project

[hesham]

Hi,


http://www.wind-tunnel-models.com/index.html#niv1

 

[hesham]

Hi,


anther unidentified two fuselage seaplane,may be from French design.


http://www.artcurial.com/pdf/2013/2295.pdf

 

[Jemiba]

Could be an old windtunnel model, I think, although "end of the '30s" maybe is a bit late for such
a layout. But captions in this catalogue sometimes are a bit fanciful either ! N° 88 isn't a Spitfire and N°94
certainly not a DC 4 ...

 

[hesham]

You are right my dear Jemiba,


the project seemed to be developed in 1930s,I will ask my dear Tophe,may
be he knows.

 

[klaud3]

Not necessarily a hydroplane - maybe rather Bleriot 125 derivative with different engine layout?

 

[hesham]

Not necessarily a hydroplane - maybe rather Bleriot 125 derivative with different engine layout?

I think it was different Klaud3.

 

[Arjen]

Apart from where its engines were mounted, the Blériot 125 had a similar configuration.

Image source: http://greenairdesigns.co.uk/ejcgallery/displayimage.php?pid=352

 

[hesham]

My dear Arjen,


the Model had a two rear engines,and the two fuselage is far from each other
than the Bleriot 125.

 

[Jemiba]

Arjen beat me to this (had the same 3-view, but from wyw.ru) Rudder/fins and elevator are
remarkably similar and the twin fuselages seem to show (!) no sign of planing bottoms, but rounded
undersides. The bigger distance between the hulls would have been necessitated by the engines placed
side by side. The fuselage-wing distance seems to be a little bit larger and the wings actually to be
situated on short pylons, but this could be just another result of the different engine arrangement.
Well, to me it seems to be a plausible idea, that it is another layout of the Bleriot 125.

 

[Arjen]

@Klaud3: very perceptive of you to notice the similarity.
@Jens: my sentiments exactly
@Hesham: nice find.

I would be thrilled to find out more about this model.

 

[Jemiba]

As this model is offered by auctioneers, perhaps it's possible to get some more information
about the origin ?

 

[hesham]

Also unknown Bleriot twin boom,may be a seaplane.

 

[hesham]

Also unknown Bleriot twin boom,may be a seaplane.

Hi,


may be that's the early Model for Bleriot 125,and later modified as the last
configuration,in that case it wasn't seaplane.


http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=AUTR&VALUE_98=BLERIOT%20Louis%20Charles%20Joseph%20&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=3