Vincent Besancon's steam glider

Some of you will already be aware of Vincent's work. His latest creation is truly amazing. Don't worry about the website being in French...take a look at the images to see how a true crasftsman does it. And he is planning to fly it, like he does all his models.

Here's the website: www.retroplane.net/flying-machine/page1.htm

...and a little teaser. This is just the tail wheel. It's made just like a full-size cart wheel, with a steel rim heated and shrunk in place.

Magnificent, Mike. This is a must see for us all.
However, to quote Mr Scott, "He should try a different prop on that!".

I have a boiler going spare if somebody feels like a try

Not sure that prop is going to help much as Phil said. I'm sure frank could knock one of these up !

Mike - Interesting, read it on my tablet which translated the French letters into English.
A 36 ton steel & wood bungee launched glider was not going to be a floater.
Great piece of model making, no doubt it will fly better than the full size.

Colin.A

A total work of art in it's own right, the skill is exemplary and rightly a museum piece, certainly worlds better than some of the junk put into the National Gallery of Modern Art. Now where did all the scrap gold leaf go, I could make good use of that ??!!!