Goupy Type B
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| Goupy Type B | |
|---|---|
| Role | Experimental aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Designer | Ambroise Goupy |
| First flight | 1913 |
| Number built | at least 12[1] |
The Goupy Type B was a staggered biplane designed by Ambroise Goupy in the early 1910s.
Design
The Goupy Type B was a staggered biplane that could be fitted with main and tail floats, retaining the land uncarriage, to create a hydroplane.[2] The Goupy Type B.1 was a similar 3-seat version, exhibited at the 1913 Paris Aero Salon, powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) Gnome 9 Delta 9-cylinder rotary engine.[2]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 45 m2 (480 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
- Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome 7 Lambda 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
- Alternate engine:- 75 kW (100 hp) Gnome 9 Delta 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
References
- ^ a b Jane, Fred T., ed. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 (Facsimile ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7153-4388-3.
- ^ a b Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: SchifferPublishing Limited. p. 141-143. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
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