The Hélica was known as 'The plane without wings'. The passengers sat behind each other as in an aircraft, and it was driven by a giant propeller powered by an 8 bhp (6.0 kW) Scorpion engine. The body of the vehicle was made of plywood.
Marcel Leyat (March 26, 1885 (Die, Drôme) - December 3, 1986) was an engineer, inventor, aviation pioneer, aeronautical and automobile manufacturer. He graduated from the École Centrale Paris in 1907. From 1908, he worked for the Société Astra and built a biplane glider called the Quand Quelle (When, which).[1] In 1909 he targeted "the first powered crossing of the English Channel", but Louis Blériot succeeded on July 21, three weeks before his De Dion-Bouton 5 hp powered plane completed a flight of 200 metres (220 yd) at 10 metres (33 ft) elevation on August 15. In 1910, he built a propeller-driven biplane 11 metres (36 ft) long and 16 metres (52 ft) wide. He obtained the FAI pilot's license in 1911. During the First World War, he built several aircraft, including a "living wing" bomber. In all, he designed and built around thirty different aircraft up to World War II.[1]
Descriptionedit
The first model was called Hélica, also known as 'The plane without wings'. The passengers sat behind each other as in an aircraft. The vehicle was steered using the rear wheels and the car was not powered by an engine turning the wheels, but by a giant propeller powered by an 8 bhp (6.0 kW) Scorpion engine. The entire body of the vehicle was made of plywood, and weighed just 250 kg (550 lb), which made it dangerously fast.
Performanceedit
In 1927, a Hélica reached the speed of 106 mph (171 km/h) at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry circuit. Leyat continued to experiment with his Helica. He tried using propellers with two and four blades.[2]
Productionedit
Between 1919 and 1925, Leyat sold 30 vehicles.
Vehicle modelsedit
1913: Helicocycle, 3 wheels, JAP engine, only one example
1915: Hélicocycle, 3 wheels, version 2, only one copy
1919: Hélica, 4 wheels, MAG engine, 6 examples
1921: Leyat propeller car, 4 wheels, ABC engine, 10 sedan cars, 3 sport cabriolet cars
1925: Rail/road draisine, intended for the director of mines in the Congo, 1 copy
1927: Record model, 3 wheels, ABC engine, 1 copy. On September 7, 1927, it reached a speed of 170 km/h on the Montlhéry race track.
(Vue d'ensemble de la voiture a Hélice Tractive. La direction se fait par l'essieu arriere, et le frienage s'opere sur les roues avant du vehicule.) General view of the car with Tractive Propeller. The steering is by the rear axle, and the breaking operates on the front wheels of the vehicle. (La science et la vie, Tome 18. n. 53. Octobre-Novembre 1920 - Article d'Édouard Beaugrand.)
Helice Leyat (Epoqu'auto 2007)
Helice Leyat (Epoqu'auto 2007)
Referencesedit
^ abL'Hélica Marcel Layat, archives en ligne [revue de presse, biographie, actualités d'époque].
^The Marcel LEYAT's Helica Various versions www.helica.info, accessed 3 April 2021
Literatureedit
G. N. Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
G. N. Georgano: Complete Automobile Encyclopedia. 1885 to Our Times. Courtille, Paris 1975.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leyat vehicles.
Leyat Helicycle at 3wheelers.com
The Marcel LEYAT's Helica at helica.info
January 01, 1970
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