L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Chapiro
The first Chapiro was a biplane copied from the Wright design and was tested by Guardt in 1909. It had castering front wheels and 2 pairs of wheels amidships, and ailerons linked together by thin spars. Unlike the Flyer there was only a single control stick fitted with a wheel. With a chain and long shafts the water-cooled inline Anzani drove 2 pusher propellers.
(Span: 12 m; length: 9 m)
The second, flown on one occasion by Hornstein, resembled a Farman more than a Wright. A single pusher propeller was set between the 4-boom tail structure, at the end of which was a single big tailplane with 2 rudders mounted below it. The pilot sat on the lower wing leading edge with the same wheel control as on No 1: pulling it back and forth moved 2 control rods to the forward elevator cell.