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May 31, 2019 · A modern rubber-band-powered toy helicopter, available in kit form, and modelled after Pénaud’s 1870 invention, but with a single rotor (WYSO.org) Pénaud helicopters are easy to make, and are also available in kit form, and when you see one fly, you can well understand how the Wright brothers might have been instantly captivated by the sight.
Alphonse Pénaud (31 May 1850 – 22 October 1880), was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering. He was the originator of the use of twisted rubber to power model aircraft, and his 1871 model airplane, which he called the Planophore, was the first aerodynamically stable flying model.
Biography of. CHARLES ALPHONSE PÉNAUD. 1850-1880. Written by BH (08/1990); Transcribed and reformatted by JS (09/2010) The following was published in the August 1990 issue of Model Aviation magazine, written by Bill Hannan. Pénaud Planophores. Little known and little remembered today, this early French pioneer of flying models opened doors to ...
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In 1878, the brothers’ father, Milton Wright, brought home a rubber band powered toy helicopter. Designed by French aeronautical experimenter Alphonse Pénaud, this toy did not simply fall to the ground as expected.
Alphonse Penaud builds what he calls a "planophore," a 20-inch long monoplane with a pusher propeller powered by a rubber band. It flies 131 feet in 11 seconds — the first flight of an inherently stable powered aircraft.
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Born: France. Primarily active in: France. 1850 - 1880. Alphonse Pénaud (1850 – 1880), described as a “talented French aeronautical designer”, created a helicopter toy powered by a rubberband, becoming “The Father of Flying Models”. He flew his “Planophore” 181 feet in 11 seconds at Tuileries Gardens in Paris, France, on August 18, 1871.
