Vincent Besancon's steam glider

[quote="4Pedalsfly" post=3430A 36 ton steel & wood bungee launched glider ... no doubt it will fly better than the full size.[/quote]

I am assuming that the full-sized did not exist. This is just an insight into Vincent's warped imagination. That said, all his other models are scale (I think) but I cannot find reference to Honoré Dartiguenave or his flying machine other than on Vincent's own website's and RCGroup posts.

Mike

Mike - Been round the same search route as yourself, difficult to imagine the full size realy existed.
Still a great piece of model engineering, his docuementation for a scale comp would be interesting.
Colin.A

A quick update. Vincent's model has flown. Scroll to the bottom of the page and download the video.

Page 7 of the build thread - video at the bottom

Direct link to download the video

Also note that Vincent is not alone. The machine that walks across the wing at 8 minutes in the video is designed by another warped mind, Theo Jansen.

Take a look at some of his amazing creations here