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VAMPYR

the wooden project which never was finished
Michel Mangenot made plans for a wooden variant. It was in a few ways different from the design of Jean-Claude Debreyer.
It has trigear. A larger central engine and a driveshaft towards the prop in the rear.
These are the only pictures i found of the Vampyr.
But sadly it never got any further than this. Never was finished.
A few pages i could find on the internet of the plans. They were used during discussions in a Yahoo Group named Ailevolant.
There were also guys busy doing calculations. I found a few graphs.I am not sure if they relate to the Vampyr or if they were made a propose possible changes to the design.
Somebody even made a excel file to do those Colomban calculations for performance if you want to design your own edition of a Pelican/Vampyr. You can get it here. Beware ...it is in French.
Somebody also made a excell with airfoil data of different airfoils for flying planks.