{"id":14000,"date":"2021-04-12T22:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T05:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=14000"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T05:44:56","slug":"two-wood-aircraft-leading-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/two-wood-aircraft-leading-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Wood Aircraft Leading to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two French manufacturers are reverting to bois et toile<\/em> (wood and fabric) for ultra-modern aircraft.\u00a0 Both of their aircraft will be electrically powered, and both will use non-traditional approaches to construction.\u00a0 In the meantime, both have fairly traditional demonstration models.<\/p>\n

The French have done wonders with wooden aircraft from the very beginning of aviation.\u00a0 Santos Dumont built the petite Demoiselle with bamboo longerons, for instance, and Henri Mignet crafted his diminutive Pou du Ciel (flea of the sky, or flying flea) from available wood.\u00a0 After World War Two, Messrs Joly and Delemontez fashioned a small single-seater, the Jodel D-9, from wood and ply and powered it with converted VW Kubelwagen engines, Jeep-like German vehicles which littered scrap yards and former battlefields.\u00a0 Avions Mauboussin and Aura Aero use more modern power systems and vastly different approaches to bois and toile<\/em> structures.<\/p>\n

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The Jodel D-9 was part of the rebirth of postwar French amateur aviation, being built by hundreds of enthusiasts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mauboussin<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mauboussin goes back to prewar times with small aircraft that look as though they could have come from a home shop\u00a0\u00a0 Even their latest endeavors are aerobatic machines with wood and carbon fiber frames that combine traditional looks with modern aerodynamics.<\/p>\n

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A tres<\/em> racy poster for Mauboussin fly-in highlights pretty woman, Porsche, and historic airplane.\u00a0 Mauboussin went on to develop jet trainers<\/p><\/div>\n

The company has two machines, one very much realized and the other on the virtual ramp.\u00a0 They make a mission statement for both.\u00a0 \u201cAl\u00e9rion M1h and Alcyon M3c are personal means of transport dedicated to interurban mobility.\u00a0 Their performance allows them to cover a large distance and operate from a reduced infrastructure: small airfield, heliport, sports field, parking lot, public park or lawn of a residence.\u201d\u00a0 The company foresees reduced environmental impact from their machines through the use of natural materials, reduced fuel consumption, and minimum emissions \u201cthanks to electricity and hydrogen.\u201d\u00a0 Although the video is in French only, the graphics convey the tidy surroundings in which the airplane is being developed.<\/p>\n