Engineering:Avión Torpedo
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Short description: 1902 Peruvian rocket aircraft project
| Avión Torpedo | |
|---|---|
 Replica of Pedro Paulet's Avión Torpedo of 1902 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Liquid-propelled rocket-powered aircraft |
| National origin | Peru |
| Designer | |
| Number built | 0 |
The Avión Torpedo was a liquid-propelled rocket-powered aircraft project designed by Pedro Paulet in 1902.[1] Paulet would spend decades attempting to achieve funding for the project throughout Europe and Latin America, but found no donors.[2]
Design and development
Paulet Avion-Torpedo schematic
150th anniversary of the birth of Pedro Paulet Mostajo, prominent Peruvian diplomat and scientist. Note the Avion-Torpedo on display
Peruvian Pedro Paulet developed a liquid-propellant rocket engine in 1895.[3] In 1902, he designed the Avión Torpedo, a liquid-propellant rocket-powered aircraft that featured a canopy fixed to a delta tiltwing.[2] Paulet's concept of using liquid-propellant was decades ahead of rocket engineers at the time who utilized black powder as a propellant.[4]
In popular culture
- The Avión Torpedo was featured in a Google Doodle to commemorate the birthday of Pedro Paulet in 2011[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Ordway III, Frederick I. (1977). "The Alleged Contributions of Pedro E. Paulet to Liquid Propellant Rocketry". https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19770026106/downloads/19770026106.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "El peruano que se convirtió en el padre de la astronáutica inspirado por Julio Verne y que aparece en los nuevos billetes de 100 soles" (in es). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38197437.
- ↑ Gonzales Obando, Diana (2021-07-22). "Pedro Paulet: el genio peruano que se adelantó a su época y fundó la era espacial" (in es). https://elcomercio.pe/eldominical/ciencia/pedro-paulet-el-genio-peruano-que-fundo-la-era-espacial-noticia/.
- ↑ "El peruano que se convirtió en el padre de la astronáutica inspirado por Julio Verne y que aparece en los nuevos billetes de 100 soles" (in es). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38197437.
- ↑ "Google dedica su 'doodle' de hoy al ingeniero peruano Pedro Paulet" (in es). 2011-07-02. https://archivo.elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/actualidad/google-dedica-sudoodle-hoy-al-ingeniero-peruano-pedro-paulet-noticia-836663.
Bibliography
- Mejía, Álvaro (2017) (in es). Pedro Paulet, sabio multidisciplinario. Universidad Católica San Pablo. pp. 95–122. https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/persona/article/view/209/230.
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