Bugatti 100P
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The Bugatti 100P was an unfinished experimental aircraft designed by Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge .
history
After the Bugatti company had built a reputation over the years as a manufacturer of fast and luxurious automobiles, Ettore Bugatti also turned to other fields. In addition to projects for the railroad and the construction of racing boats, he was interested in aviation. His focus was always on achieving new speed records.
Bugatti had already built engines for aircraft during the First World War , but in 1936 he entered into a collaboration with the Belgian engineer Louis de Monge to design a complete model. A first project, the single-engine Bugatti 100 , was intended for participation in the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe of 1938, but it did not meet the expectations of Ettore Bugatti and was quickly discontinued.
The Bugatti 100P was designed as the successor and was much more in line with Bugatti's wishes. With a wingspan of 8.235 m and a length of 7.7 m, the machine had two motors of around 450 hp, each of which drove one of the two counter-rotating concentric propellers. The planned speed should be over 800 km / h. The aircraft had other remarkable features, some of which were patented by Bugatti, such as composite wood construction and a Y-shaped tail unit.
Construction began in 1938, but was delayed due to World War II and was ultimately never completed. The unfinished plane passed through several hands.
present
The fuselage without the engines is on display today at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh .
A private group started working on a replica from 2009, which took off on August 19, 2015 in Tulsa for its maiden flight. On August 6, 2016, the replica's third flight in total suffered a crash a few seconds after take-off, killing the pilot and burning the aircraft.
More designs
The 100P remained the only Bugatti aircraft that construction actually began. In addition to the types already mentioned, two additional designs were also developed:
- The slightly smaller Bugatti 101P was supposed to surpass the 100P and accelerate to over 880 km / h.
- For the French army, planning began for an armed military version under the name Bugatti 110P .
Due to the development of the war, both projects did not get beyond an early planning phase. Particularly in the case of the military version, the more detailed properties are controversial.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| length | 7.70 m |
| span | 8.235 m |
| height | 2.25 m |
| Wing area | 11.4 m² |
| Elongation | 5.9 |
| Takeoff mass | 1400 kg |
| Top speed | 805 km / h |
See also
literature
Jaap Horst: The Bugatti 100P record plane . Lanasta, Emmen 2013, ISBN 978-90-8616-123-2 (English).
Patents
- Patent US2279615 : Aircraft. Registered on May 3, 1939 , published April 14, 1942 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
- Patent FR851718 : Perfectionnements apportés aux dispositifs de refroidissement pour moteurs d'aérodyne. Registered on March 16, 1939 , published January 13, 1940 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
- Patent FR851806 : Perfectionnements apportés aux groupes multimoteurs pour aérodynes. Registered on March 18, 1939 , published January 16, 1940 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
- Patent FR852599 : Perfectionnements apportés aux gouvernes des aérodynes. Registered on April 4, 1939 , published February 27, 1940 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
- Patent FR854333 : Perfectionnements apportés aux aérodynes. Registered on May 5, 1939 , published April 10, 1940 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
- Patent FR859179 : Perfectionnements apportés aux moyens pour établir des corps creux, notamment des cellules d'aérodynes. Registered on August 18, 1939 , published December 12, 1940 , inventor: Ettore Bugatti.
Web links
- Extensive description with various pictures. Retrieved September 6, 2011 (French).
- Initiative to replicate. Retrieved September 6, 2011 .
- Page of the EAA Museum about the aircraft. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historic replica airplane, the Bugatti 100p, crashes near Burns Flat, pilot and designer Scotty Wilson dies. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016 .