As a break from making cars and tracks I sometimes have weekend projects where I will try my hand at something different to model. It is usually something that has caught my eye and which could be included in the game in some way or another. I saw a painting of this plane by an amazing artist named Chris Bazeley, check him out I love his style, and I had to make our own version. This is the Santos Dumont Demoiselle which is a fabulous aircraft from the dawn of the aviation age. I just loved the look of this aircraft and how it is made from bamboo, twine and canvas and someone was brave enough to climb aboard and actually fly it. The Demoiselle was the last aircraft built by Santos-Dumont. He performed flights with it in Paris, and made trips to nearby places. Flights were continued at various times through 1909, including a cross-country flight with stages of about 8 km (5 mi) from St. Cyr to Buc on 13 September 1909, returning the following day, and another on 17 September 1909 of 18 km in 16 min. The aircraft was exhibited on the Clément-Bayard stand at the Paris Aéro Salon in October 1909 and it was announced that a production run of 100 aircraft was planned. However, only 50 were actually built, of which only 15 were sold, at a price of 7,500 francs for each airframe. It was offered with a choice of three engines: Clement 20 hp; Wright 4-cyl 30 hp (Clement-Bayard had the license to manufacture Wright engines); and Clement-Bayard 40 hp designed by Pierre Clerget. It achieved 120 km/h. Fun fact. The wrist watch as we know it today was invented especially for Santos in order that he could safely check the time without removing his hands from the controls, up until then there were only pocket watches.
Another angle of the Damoiselle from our Racing Game Project Ages of Speed. More at www.instagram.com/macspeedee/ #gamedev #indiegamedev #aviation #racinggame #3dmodel #historicplanes #aircraft
