L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Type B: Also similar to the Type A, this version was sometimes set, wheels and all, onto 2 forward floats and a tail float to make a hydro. Both land and sea versions used either an 80 or a 100 hp Gnome.
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1913
GOUPY. A.Goupy, 50, Avenue Marceau, Paris. School: Juvissy (Port Aviation). Capacity: about 30 machines a year.
Model and date. 1913 A. 1913 B. 1913.
Staggered Staggered Hydro-staggered
biplane. biplane. biplane.
Length....feet(m.) 25 (7.50) 26? (8) 33 (10)
Span......feet(m.) 26? (8) 42? (13) 42 (12.70)
Area....sq.ft.(m?) ... ... 480 (45)
Weight, machine...
........lbs.(kgs.) ... ... 992 (450)
useful...
........lbs.(kgs.) ... ... 661 (300)
Motor........ h.p. 50 Gnome 80 or 100 80 Gnome
Gnome
Speed, max...
......m.p.h.(km.) 62 (100) 15 (120) 75 (120)
min...
......m.p.h.(km.) ... ... ...
Endurance.....hrs. ... ... ...
Number built
during 1912... ... 12 1
Fabric: "Aviator" Ramie.
Журнал Flight
Flight, November 9, 1912.
THE PARIS AERO SALON.
Goupy.
HERE is shown a hydro-biplane, built to seat three, and driven by an 80-h.p. Gnome engine. In no special point does it differ from the Goupy that was shown last year excepting, of course, in the landing gear which, in the present machine, consists of two-pontoon-like floats, constructed by Tellier, supporting the body through steel compression struts.
As a side issue, M. Goupy is making a speciality of a new system of positive control termed the C. A.D. control. For it, it is claimed that, while it may be fitted with the simplicity of the Bowden system, it has the added advantage that it can transmit compression as well as tension.