Which model Aerotrain is this?

[ShawnDriscoll]

See http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/166 ... -video.htm

The front and back look different from the propeller model.

[Damien D.]

This is the Aérotrain Experimental 01 equipped for highspeed test.
-The propeller has been taken out, along with the rear part of the machine, and replaced with a turbojet engine.
-Two rocket engines had been added too, above the turbojet.
-A streamlined frond has been modeled and added to inecrease the aerodynamism (it is only screwed on the main structure, the normal "rounded" front is still present under this modification)
-A wing has been added to prevent the machine from taking off.

In this configuration, this machine reached 345 km/h (214mph) on his 6,7km (4,2 miles) test track of Gometz la Ville.

[philouze]

vidéo rare, je crois bien que c'est la première fois que je le vois dans cette version !
(first time i see it in this version !)