L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Type X-II: This 1912 design was a pretty 2-bay heavily staggered 2-seat biplane, but this time with ailerons set into all 4 wing panels; a simple single horizontal tailplane rested on the aft end of the covered fuselage. It appeared with a variety of simple tail surfaces - a common one consisted of a simple square rudder and triangular fin fixed on top. The simplified 4-legged undercarriage had twin skids and twin tailskids. The lower wing was set below the fuselage.
Type A: A 50 hp Gnome biplane, similar to the Type X, but with overhung top wing and diagonal struts, and ailerons on the top wing only. The tailskid was single.
Type AA: Similar to the Type A, but with an Anzani engine. This 2-seater appears often in photographs of military line-ups.
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.
Type B.1: Similar to the previous types, this 3-seater was shown in the December 1913 Salon, fitted with a 100 hp Gnome.
(3-seater: span: (upper): 12.4 m; (lower): 10 m; length: 9 m; 100 hp Gnome)
Type M: For some reason, this later machine reverted to the Bleriot-style undercarriage, seemingly mated to a Type AA or B. A single diamond-shaped rudder was fixed precariously on its corner above the standard tailplane. One of these was used by Madame Cayat de Castella for her parachute jump on 17 May 1914 at Nevare. The lady was strung horizontally under the fuselage aft of the undercarriage, perilously close the ground, strapped into her parachute.
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.