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"Sauterelle and Aérosable
The mechanical engineering and future aircraft manufacturer Emile Dewoitine in Biskra participated in the construction of a strange craft designed by Lieutenant Lafargue in order to travel fast through the Sahara.
The singular vehicle has a tubular steel frame suspended by bungee cords on three points and articulated in
any direction, allowing the deformation of the suspension in rough terrain. There is mounted on three axles each carrying two twin wheels air. Gnome rotary engine 50 horsepower four-bladed propeller directly attacks a propellant. The march of this curious vehicle 350 pounds is a series of hops that should allow it to cross areas
sandy but are bogged down and gave it its name: Grasshopper (Sauterelle). The main difficulty
is to stop it because, in the absence of idle and engine braking, the driver cut the engine and
passengers brace themselves in the sand to stop the machine capable of a speed of 60 km / h.
The success of the Grasshopper brings Lafargue to modify a Brasier car whose engine
60 hp Clerget then drives a propulsive six-blade propeller. This manages to Aérosable
linking Biskra to Touggourt at an average speed of 50 km / h. General Bailloud, himself, is
is carrying on about fifty kilometers. Tried until 1914, the Aérosable performs
hiking Touggourt Ouargla-El-Oued."