Ponnier M.1
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Another forgotten aircraft, perhaps this time with good reason, the Ponnier M.1 was a single-engine biplane fighter of World War 1 that saw almost no service with the Belgian Aviation Militaire in 1916. However, it is inextricably interlinked with the much more successful Hanriot HD.1, and therefore merits coverage. This is its story.
In my opinion, this channel *IS* a success... and success shouldn't only be measured by how many people are actually watching (at a given time) or subscribing, but also by the sheer quality of the work and the selection of subjects that are discussed.
Thanks Jerry! *Much* appreciated! ;)
That's very kind of you. This one turned out to be more frustrating than most, due to the paucity of information.
Yes I agree. This channel is in par with Mark Felton. We need more wwi subjects like these.
@@williamroberts8470 That was an unexpected and flattering comparison. Thank you!
@@williamroberts8470 I concur wholeheartedly. With both your points.
I wonder if you would be interested in giving me some feedback on a video intro I'm working on. Unfortunately I need your email address in order to share it with you. If you would like to assist me, you can contact me at jerry.cantlow@gmail.com.
I don’t understand why someone didn’t have the forethought to add a fixed vertical stabilizer and larger rudder and lengthen the fuselage to gain stability and get away from the flying rudder concept…or at the very least enlarge the flying rudder as an attempt to find the simplest solution…
pretty small neuport type tail. love the prop cone. great pictures. funny i started writing before the end and then you say the tail was inadequate. seemed obvious at first glance. still she's a good looker. thank yew have fun
I am having fun. Bit frustrating sometimes when I can't find more information.
G'day,
Yeah....
For some reason the EuroPeons went through a phase of competing to see who could field the design with the smallest and most useless Rudder that was barely Flyable.
Morane Sulnier was a buggar for it, as was Hanriot and Sopwith, but Fokker was the worst because his E-1 & E-2, E-3 & DR-1 Rudders were not only Finless and all-flying, but they were Aerodynamically OVERBALANCED, as well.
I had a bit to do with a Warner Scarab powered Fokker Triplane Replica, in 1978-'79, and the bloke flying it reckoned it took 15-pounds pressure on BOTH sides of the Rudder-Bar to hold the Rudder Neutral, when cruising in level flight.
I blame Alberto Santos-Dumont for starting the fashion, with his Demoiselle - which featured a Finless, Stabilisor-less "All-Flying" Cruciform Rudder/Elevator Combination which was Aerodyndmically-Overbalanced in both Axes.
Hanriot went for the Finless but Unbalanced variety of tiny little Rudders, but at least his Elevators had a Stabilisor in front of them.
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Some of the pre World War 1 planes, racing planes of Deperdussin in the Godon Bennet trophy look so more modern than many of the early War planes. I wondered if you had any thoughts on that and if my impression is right? www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/deperdussin-racer.html
You are quite correct. The reason is that these were specialist aircraft, and probably would have made poor military aircraft. You see this before World War 2, and probably now. What is possible, and what makes for a worthwhile military aircraft are two different things. The technology takes time to mature. For example, prior to World War 2 the Schneider Trophy aircraft were using engines far more powerful that were used during the war. However they had to be rebuilt after every flight. The closest a military aircraft came to the Deperdussin monoplanes was the Bristol M.1, which turned out to be less than idea for military use.