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Marcel Deschamps

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Pierre Racette & Marcel Deschamps’s Blériot - 1913 Blériot XI Military Project. Home of rotecradial Bleriot project

Pierre and Marcel are building a 1913 Blériot XI Military replica which was the first aircraft to see combat.

Though Rotec has already supplied a R2800 for Jack Lenhart's Bleriot XI ( Jack Lenhart's single seat Bleriot ) this project differs in that this Bleriot is the Millitary version and there are some variations to the craft and to the building approach. The most obvious being that this version is a two seater and armed. There are also differences in the building approach, as seen in the mount and a more subtle change in the size of the prop being two of many such variations.

An exciting project and we look forward to tracking progress that Marcel and Pierre Racette make progress towards flight.

0ctober 2007:

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...Marcel and Pierre .Marcel and Pierre with the Bleriot. Work on fuselage Rotec R2800 Mounted ...Rotec R2800 Mounted. Up close on R2800 mount 4 Bleriot.

Engine Adjustments Aligning and Mounting the R2800 to the Bleriot XI .....Prop secured. Large diameter prop installed.. ..Marcel and Pierre again No wonder Marcel & Pierre are happy with the results

December 2007: Special custom made castings and parts made by Pierre:

........Carb>... Custom made carb. Hand gives an idea of size. ,.......<Carb>.......Custom made carb ,.,Custom Made Casting> One of many custom made casts. >>

Throttle Arm . Wing Warp Pulley . Landing gear fork separator . Landing gear fork separators

How Good Is That!

Looking forward to updates...