Bugatti - REVE BLEU - the "Blue Dream" will finally fly!
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Bugatti - REVE BLEU - the "Blue Dream" will finally fly!
Global volunteer group recreates Bugatti's "Blue Dream" more than 70 years after the unfinished plane was hidden behind enemy lines.
Get this, two engines driving props in opposite direction!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/1314961
Get this, two engines driving props in opposite direction!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/1314961
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Lovely looking aircraft but it will not be welcome at many airfields due to the noise from those counter rotating props. Those who remember the Fairey Gannet will recognise the noise.
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I had no idea about a bugatti a/c!! how does a dual prop going opposite directions actually help then? I would have thought it would be trying to pull the a/c in opposite directions causing an imbalance? Also could the front of the aircraft have a 2nd person in potentially??
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Lovely aircraft bugatti
Beautiful lines, fascinating structure;but three questions
Forward visibility?.
Crash survivability?
Loss of power on either motor leading to loss of elevator and rudder response?
OK Lets go!
Forward visibility?.
Crash survivability?
Loss of power on either motor leading to loss of elevator and rudder response?
OK Lets go!
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Titanium Engines
Does anyone know if the original 50B engines for this aircraft have been found somewhere? I understand they had a titanium case. Only two built?
The aircraft in OSH has no engines. At some point EAA was trying to locate them, but without success. The engines could be anywhere in France, in a barn or even inside two old Bugatti cars? Any update on this?
The aircraft in OSH has no engines. At some point EAA was trying to locate them, but without success. The engines could be anywhere in France, in a barn or even inside two old Bugatti cars? Any update on this?
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"Lovely looking aircraft but it will not be welcome at many airfields due to the noise from those counter rotating props. Those who remember the Fairey Gannet will recognise the noise. "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmUBGGCZhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmUBGGCZhc
