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Solved: Wendax 2744 - Propeller car by Henri Fabre
« on: November 29, 2018, 02:38:40 AM »
A windy adventure.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2018, 03:01:37 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2018, 06:23:41 PM »
Wow, how big was the propellor on this thing.

It looks lethal
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2018, 08:09:15 PM »
French?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2018, 07:12:24 AM »
Is it somehow related to airship technology.
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2018, 08:44:06 AM »
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on December 14, 2018, 08:09:15 PM
French?
Yes

Quote from: Skut on December 15, 2018, 07:12:24 AM
Is it somehow related to airship technology.
Not that I know of
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2018, 08:28:19 PM »
I remember a French officer (but forgot his name...) testing a propeller car shortly before World War One. The idea, which seriously interested the French military, was to develop a motor car for crossing the vast expanses of the Sahara desert at high speed. Is there any connection with this car? Apart from being designed for some kind of record, I cannot imagine any practical purpose for a vehicle fitted with such a large propeller if used on a public road...


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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2018, 11:19:36 PM »
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on December 15, 2018, 08:28:19 PM
The idea, which seriously interested the French military, was to develop a motor car for crossing the vast expanses of the Sahara desert at high speed.
I believe the vehicle to which you are referring looked more like this:
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2018, 02:15:19 AM »
We had that one before: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2013-42/solved-pn-515-sauterelle-by-max-de-lafargue-1919
The puzzle car was built by someone else.
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2018, 12:52:34 AM »
Quote from: gte4289 on December 15, 2018, 11:19:36 PM
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on December 15, 2018, 08:28:19 PM
The idea, which seriously interested the French military, was to develop a motor car for crossing the vast expanses of the Sahara desert at high speed.
I believe the vehicle to which you are referring looked more like this:

Nope, the one I have in mind looks like a conventional automobile just as the subject of this puzzle, but with a pusher propeller of a smaller diameter instead.

My problem is, I know well in what childhood magazine I should look to get more info, but presently it is on the other side of the earth and my arm is not long enough. ???

EDIT: Actually I just had to scroll all the way down the page which link has been provided by Wendax to find that it actually was the Aéro-Sable I was thinking of.





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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2018, 04:06:21 AM »
up again
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2018, 04:47:15 AM »
Built between 1905 and 1915 ?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2018, 04:53:50 AM »
No
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2018, 04:54:57 AM »
Built before 1905 ?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2018, 08:04:34 AM »
Yes
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2018, 08:54:40 AM »
Built in 1904 ?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2018, 11:54:12 AM »
I looked up my source again. The car was built before 1905, the conversion took place after 1905.
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2018, 12:45:49 PM »
Was the conversion made after WWI ?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2019, 05:11:53 AM »
No
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2019, 11:34:31 AM »
Was the conversion made after 1910 ?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2019, 03:14:01 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2019, 03:19:51 PM »
A British test bed for aero engines?
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2019, 03:31:29 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2019, 11:55:51 PM »
1907 - Henri Fabre testing propeller mounted to a 1903 Renault 14 CV.
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Re: Wendax 2744
« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2019, 02:02:20 AM »
Well found!
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