
Описание
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
Описание:
- J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
- L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
- Jane's All The World Aircraft 1913
Фотографии
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L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
The 2-seater Goupy Type AA. This model features inset top-wing ailerons.
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Форум - Breguet's Aircraft Challenge /WWW/
The plane is the Goupy type M with the Bleriot style undercariage and the diamond-shaped rudder. The picture was taken at Never on 17 may 1914. Madame Cayat de Castella is suspended by a belt under the fuselage of the plane and will make the ascent to 800m (2500 feet) where she will be dropped for a parachute jump.
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J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Two Goupy aircraft at the 1914 Salon. The airplane in the foreground had an 80-hp Gnome; the airplane in the rear was a three-seater with a 100-hp Gnome.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Goupy biplane - Франция - 1913