DEMOISELLE PLAN + CONSTRUCTION ARTICLE & Scale Data for 1/2A FF Model Airplane

Description

I AM NOT SELLING A KIT
,
only a new, full-size copy of the
PLAN
and complete
construction
article
to build a
DEMOISELLE
scale free flight model.
The
DEMOISELLE
is one of the most historic, yet seldom seen, aircraft ever designed. It was built in 1908 by Santos Dumont. In 1910 Popular Mechanics magazine had a feature article on it. You could say that it was the original ultralight aircraft. The engine developed only 35 horsepower pulling the plane along at 45 mph. It was a featured aircraft in that great old aviation movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines."
Santos Dumont was a Brazilian inventor and wore a full-length heavy overcoat when he flew his plane in Paris. Since he couldn't reach into his pants pocket through the overcoat to get his watch, he strapped his pocket watch to his wrist. Thus he "invented" the wrist watch!
Here is the rare construction article and plan for building a 26" span, Baby Bee .049 powered free flight scale model. Many years ago, Pop built his
DEMOISELLE
to fly UC and covered the wings with thin rayon just like the original muslin fabric used in 1908. The 2-1/2" wheels can be either spoked (they were motorcycle front wheels back in the early 1900s) or Williams Bros. World War I scale wheels.
I AM NOT SELLING A KIT
,
only an excellent, new copy of the scale model airplane
PLAN
and
construction article
I have a large collection of vintage articles, scale documentation, and historical information covering the
DEMOISELLE
and Santos Dumont. As a
BONUS
I include numerous copies of these wonderful works as well as a nice Sport Pilot & Ultralights Yesterday’s Homebuilts foldout to increase your admiration of this airplane.
YOU ARE PURCHASING A NICE, CLEAN, WHITE, FULL-SIZE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL
PLAN,
A COPY OF THE
CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE
+
BONUS
SCALE DOCUMENTATION, ALL FOLDED IN A MANILA ENVELOPE.
My original plan sent from Model Airplane News plan services has this handwritten note: “Mr. Dobbins – This is our last available copy of this plan. Hope you enjoy it!”
And, I hope you do too.