1/32 Eddie Models Coanda 1910 Sled

Gallery Article by Paul Bica on July 16 2015

 

      

Henri Coanda exhibited in Paris in 1910 the first propeller-less airplane, powered by a turbine. 

 

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A second version of this turbine was ordered by the Grand Duke Kiril Romanov (cousin of Tsar Nicholas II) to power a sled designed for motor-sled races. 

The kit is a resin 1/32 representation of that machine. 

Paul Bica

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Photos and text © by Paul Bica