{"id":8611,"date":"2013-02-15T17:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/2013\/02\/15\/ufo-in-our-garage\/"},"modified":"2013-02-15T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:03:06","slug":"ufo-in-our-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/en\/2013\/02\/15\/ufo-in-our-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO in our garage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcel Leyat\u2019s\u00a0Helica<\/strong>\u00a0was temporarily stored in our premises, waiting for the big \u00a0R\u00e9tromobile exhibition.<\/p>\n

Marcel Leyat<\/strong>\u00a0was an inventor, pioneer of aviation, aircraft manufacturer and French automaker.\u00a0 He was born march 26, 1885 and died in 1986. He studied at famous Ecole Centrale de Paris, starting in 1907.<\/p>\n

As soon as 1908, Leyat built a biplane glider he named \u00ab\u00a0Quand M\u00eame\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, then a second one pulled by a De Dion car of 5 hp, with which he could fly 200m at 10m from the ground on august 15, 1909.\u00a0 In 1910 he built an 11 m long, 16 m wingspan, biplane with propeller.\u00a0 He competed with Bleriot for the fist Channel crossing.\u00a0 During WWI he built a bomber and until WWII built about 30 different aeroplanes.<\/p>\n

His automobiles were constructed 27, quai de Grenelle, in Paris.\u00a0 His first modelk was called \u201cHelica\u201d, also known as \u201cthe plane without wings\u201d.\u00a0 The vehicles was inspired from a plane fuselage made of plywood and driven by a front propeller, with rear wheels steering and front wheels braking.\u00a0 Passengers were seated one behind the other.\u00a0 The engine was an 8 hp \u201cScorpion\u201d that used 6 liters per 100 km (47 mpg).\u00a0 The vehicles weighted only 225 kg (496 pounds), which made it a fast vehicle for the time.<\/p>\n

Different versions have been produced, open-top or closed-cab :<\/p>\n

1913\u00a0: H\u00e9licocycle, 3 wheels, JAP engine, one built<\/p>\n

1915\u00a0: H\u00e9licocycle version 2, one built<\/p>\n

1919\u00a0: H\u00e9lica, 4 wheels, MAG engine, 6 built<\/p>\n

1921\u00a0: propeller car Leyat, 4 wheels, ABC engine, 10 built closed-cab, 3 built open-top<\/p>\n

1925\u00a0: track inspection car (rail\/road), for a mine manager in Congo, 1 built<\/p>\n

1927\u00a0: record prototype, 3 wheels, ABC engine, 1 built. On september 7,\u00a0 1927, it reached the speed of 170\u00a0km\/h (105 mph)on the Montlh\u00e9ry speedway.<\/p>\n

The H\u00e9lica was made famous by the book of Gustave Courau, \u00ab\u00a0Mon h\u00e9lice au pays des Merveilles\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/em>(<\/em>a play on words with \u00ab\u00a0Alice au pays des Merveilles\/Alice in Wonderland\u00a0\u00bb) who went all over France for his business with his Helica between 1921 and 1930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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