Avión_Torpedo

Avión Torpedo

Avión Torpedo

Type of aircraft

The Avión Torpedo was a liquid-propelled rocket-powered aircraft project designed by Pedro Paulet in 1902. Paulet would spend decades attempting to achieve funding for the project throughout Europe and Latin America, but found no donors.[1]

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Design and development

Peruvian Pedro Paulet developed a liquid-propellant rocket engine in 1895.[2] In 1902, he designed the Avión Torpedo, a liquid-propellant rocket-powered aircraft that featured a canopy fixed to a delta tiltwing.[1] Paulet's concept of using liquid-propellant was decades ahead of rocket engineers at the time who utilized black powder as a propellant.[3]

  • The Avión Torpedo was featured in a Google Doodle to commemorate the birthday of Pedro Paulet in 2011[4]

References

  1. [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". BBC News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. [2]
    Gonzales Obando, Diana (2021-07-22). "Pedro Paulet: el genio peruano que se adelantó a su época y fundó la era espacial". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  3. [3]
    "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". BBC News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. [4]
    "Google dedica su 'doodle' de hoy al ingeniero peruano Pedro Paulet". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

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