The 1911 Dufaux bi-floatplane was designed and built by Armand and Henri Dufaux in Switzerland.
Dufour 1911 floatplane
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Dufour 5
This plane, the first Swiss two-seater, was a 1911 development of the earlier Dufaux-4 and had a similar landing gear and triangular-section fuselage. It was equipped with either 70 hp Gnôme or with Oerlikon 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engines. Several were built, it was used in the flying school of Ernest Failloubaz, was flown by many of the most famous early Swiss pilots and also made the first Swiss military flights.
Span: 27’3″
Length: 30’6″
Weight: 1224 lbs
Speed: 52 mph
Dufour No. 2 biplane
The 1910 Dufour No. 2 biplane was designed and built by Jean Dufour in France.
Span: 35’5″
Length: 32′ 10″
Weight: 682 lbs
Dufour No.1 monoplane
The 1910 Dufour No.1 monoplane was designed and built by Jean Dufour in France
Span: 35’5″
Length: 32’10”
Weight: 682 lb
Dufaux-4 / Dufaux 1909 biplane
The 1909 Dufaux tractor biplane made many flights during 1909 and in 1910. Armand Dufaux flew almost 50 miles in 1 hr 18 mins over water the length of Lake Geneva (almost double the distance over water than Bleriot during his channel crossing)
Span: 27’3″
Length: 27’3″
Weight: 705 lbs
Speed: 30-37 mph
Dufaux Tiltrotor
Built in Switzerland in 1909 by the Dufaux brothers. An ambitious concept for the time, the Tiltrotor was not successful.
Dufaux
In Switzerland, on 28 August 1910, Armand Dufaux flew 80 km over the Lake of Geneva in the aircraft built by his brother Henri and himself.
Dube Aerocruiser
The Aerocruiser 2+2 has the same shape as the two seat version, with has identical dimensions but a redesigned cabin layout in which the rear bench seat folds back. The fuselage is fabric covered and the wings are all aluminium.
Aerocruiser 2+2
Engine: Lycoming O-360, 180 hp
Wing span: 9.75 m
Wing area: 16 sq.m
MAUW: 997 kg
Empty weight: 494 kg
Fuel capacity: 265 lt
Max speed: 260 kph
Cruise speed: 195 kph
Minimum speed: 65 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Seats: 4
Fuel consumption: 38 lt/hr
Price (1998): Can$95,000
Duane’s Hanger Ultrababy
A 75% scale Fly Baby replica.
Engine: ½ VW, 48 hp.
HP range: 30-50.
Speed max: 75 mph.
Cruise: 60 mph.
Range: 150 sm.
Stall: 35 mph.
ROC: 650 fpm.
Take-off dist: 200 ft.
Landing dist: 400 ft.
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft.
Fuel cap: 5 USG.
Weight empty: 300 lbs.
Gross: 600 lbs.
Height: 4.75 ft.
Length: 16 ft.
Wing span: 27.5 ft.
Wing area: 121.5 sq.ft.
Seats: 1.
Landing gear: tail wheel.
DSL São Paulo Monoplane
First airplane designed and constructed in Brazil – 100% made by Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud; even the propellers and the engine were manufactured by him. It first flew on January 7, 1910 at Osasco: 6 seconds for 103 meters; also considered to be the first flight by an aircraft of complete South America design and construction.
