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Страна: Франция

Год: 1912

J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Goupy Aircraft

  Ambroise Goupy built his first aircraft, a triplane, in 1908. His second design, a tractor biplane, followed in 1909. Goupy later founded his own company and in 1914 the Etablissements Ambroise Goupy produced two aircraft. Both featured wood construction, ailerons for lateral control, positively-staggered biplane wings, and single mainwheels with skids.
  The first was a single-seater powered by an 80-hp Gnome engine. It featured an angular yet slim fuselage suspended by struts above the bottom wing. The aircraft had a large, rectangular tailplane with elevators and a single fin with a large rudder. It had ailerons instead of the usual pivoted wing tips favored by the Goupy firm.
  The second aircraft was a three-seat biplane. It had a 100-hp Gnome engine and was equipped with ailerons.
  Neither aircraft was selected for service by the military. Subsequently, the firm acquired the services of the Swiss engineer Donnet, who designed a glider and a seaplane. The Goupy factory was destroyed by a fire shortly after the war began and ceased aircraft production.


Goupy Three-Seat Reconnaissance Plane with 100-hp Gnome
   Span 12.75 m; length 9.10 m; wing area 30 sq. m
   Loaded weight 390 kg
   Maximum speed: 95 km/h; climb rate 35 meters per minute
   One built

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