Esnault peltery REP 1
| Esnault peltery REP 1 | |
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 REP 1 in 1907
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| Type: | monoplane |
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| First flight: |
October 22, 1907 |
The Esnault-Pelterie REP 1 was an early French monoplane from 1907 .
The Frenchman Robert Esnault-Pelterie constructed his first powered airplane with this type. The machine was a monoplane with a pull propeller , which flew for the first time on October 22, 1907 in a field near Buc .
The REP 1 had no vertical tail , negative V-position of the wide-span wings (with support wheels at the end of the wing) and had very poor lateral and longitudinal stability , as the designer did without a vertical tail and the transverse control was carried out via wing twisting - but only downwards. The engine was not fully developed and was struggling with cooling problems. The longest flight was over 600 meters. A year later the successor, the REP 2, was constructed; this time the machine had a vertical tail.
Esnault-Pelterie founded the company REP , which later supplied monoplane for the French and Turkish air forces in the First World War .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data Esnault peltery REP 1 |
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| crew | 1 |
| length | 6.9 m |
| span | 9.60 m |
| Wing area | 18 m² |
| drive | an air-cooled REP 7-cylinder engine with 30 HP (22 kW) |
