Solved: Wendax 2744 - Propeller car by Henri Fabre

[Wendax]

A windy adventure.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Wendax]

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[gilescooperuk]

Wow, how big was the propellor on this thing.

It looks lethal

[Lorenzo721]

French?

[Skut]

Is it somehow related to airship technology.

[Wendax]

French?

Yes

Is it somehow related to airship technology.

Not that I know of

[Lorenzo721]

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...

[gte4289]

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:

[Wendax]

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.

[Lorenzo721]

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.

[Wendax]

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[oko94]

Built between 1905 and 1915 ?

[Wendax]

No

[oko94]

Built before 1905 ?

[Wendax]

Yes

[oko94]

Built in 1904 ?

[Wendax]

I looked up my source again. The car was built before 1905, the conversion took place after 1905.

[oko94]

Was the conversion made after WWI ?

[Wendax]

No

[oko94]

Was the conversion made after 1910 ?

[Wendax]

No

[D-type]

A British test bed for aero engines?

[Wendax]

No

[gte4289]

1907 - Henri Fabre testing propeller mounted to a 1903 Renault 14 CV.

[Wendax]

Well found!