Dirigeable mixte Malécot
The dirigeable mixte Malécot (Malécot's hybrid airship; sometimes called simply Malécot) was, at least in theory, an airplane with enough LTA balloon connected to achieve midair equilibrium without forward propulsion.
Connected with Patent FR-1904-342610, filed by Société Malécot & Cie, and Patent US-1908-897000, filed by Malécot personally.
Date of construction inferred as 1907, as first trials occurred in September 1907; but note patent secured in 1904.
Malécot deflated the balloon in November 1907 with plans for new trials in the spring.[1]
Publications referring to dirigeable mixte Malécot
- Chronology of Principal Sevents, September 1907 (Simple title: Chronology of principal events, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
- Publication 385, 1907, Aérostation. Le dirigeable Patrie, Mixte Malécot, la Ville de Paris, le Nulli-secundus, Zeppelin, etc. (Simple title: Ballooning. The airship Patrie, Mixed Malécot, the City of Paris, the Nulli-secundus, Zeppelin, etc., Journal: L'Aéronautique)
- Publication 874, 1908, Les Aéronats en France (Simple title: Les Aéronats en France, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Almeida, 1910, Aviacão--Ornithopteros, helicopteres e aeroplanos. Systemas mixtos: Aeronave Malécot (Simple title: Aviation--Ornithopters, helicopters and aeroplanes. Mixed systems: Malécot aircraft, Journal: Revista de Obras Publicas c Minas)
Publications referring to Malécot
- Publication 260, 1907, Aeronave (L.') 'Malécot.' (Simple title: The Malécot aircraft, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
- Publication 7922, 1907, Malecot airship aeroplane (Simple title: Malecot airship aeroplane, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
- Cléry, 1907, L'aéronef Malécot (Simple title: The Malécot aircraft, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Degoul, 1907, L'aéronef Malecot (Simple title: The Malecot aircraft, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Espitallier, 1908, Das Luftschiff Malécot (Simple title: The airship Malécot, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
- Publication 9157, 1908, News abroad for the month. Ascents of the 'Bayard-Clément,' the Lebaudy, Ville de Paris, Malécot II, Bleriot, Zeppelin I, Gross II, Parseval II, Antoinette IV, Santos-Dumont, Farman (Simple title: News abroad for the month. Ascents of the 'Bayard-Clément,' the Lebaudy, Ville de Paris, Malécot II, Blériot, Zeppelin I, Gross II, Parseval II, Antoinette IV, Santos-Dumont, Farman, Journal: Aeronautics)
Publication 385, 1907, Aérostation. Le dirigeable Patrie, Mixte Malécot, la Ville de Paris, le Nulli-secundus, Zeppelin, etc. provides specs (reproduced below) and mentions an incomplete trial on 6 September 1907, in which the steel nacelle cable made came into unplanned contact with the propeller, and an incident on 23 September 1907 in which the envelope was torn in a violent wind.
References
Name | dirigeable mixte Malécot |
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Year constructed | 1907 |
Creators | Hippolyte Louis Malécot |
Volume (m3) | |
Length (m) | 33 |
Diameter (m) | 7.40 |
Height (m) | |
Weight (kg) | |
Engine horsepower | 90 |
Speed (km/h) | |
Keywords | Société Malécot & Cie |
Name | dirigeable mixte Malécot |
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Year constructed | 1907 |
Creators | Hippolyte Louis Malécot |
Length (m) | |
Wingspan (m) | 20 |
Wing area (m2) | 180 |
Weight (kg) | |
Engine horsepower | 90 |
Speed (km/h) | |
Keywords | Société Malécot & Cie |