Goupy Type B

Goupy Type B
Goupy Type B
General information
Type	Experimental aircraft
National origin	France
Designer	Ambroise Goupy
Number built	at least 12
History
First flight	1913

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 1913¹

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

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.
Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. p. 141-143. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.

[JAWA1913-1] 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.

[opdycke-2] Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. p. 141-143. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.

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