Goupy Hydroaeroplane

Goupy Hydroaeroplane
Role Experimental aircraft
National origin France
Designer Ambroise Goupy
Introduction 1912
Number built Unknown

The Goupy Hydroaeroplane was developed by Ambroise Goupy in 1912. The plane was displayed at the 1912 Paris Aero Salon. It was described in Flight as being generally comparable to a Goupy biplane displayed the year before, except for the change from wheels to a pair of pontoon-style floats, designed by Alphonse Tellier.[1] Janes 1913 stated that at least one had been built in 1912, and that the company was producing around 30 a year, but actual production numbers are not known beyond the 1912 demonstrator. An editorial review of the 1913 Paris Aero Salon bemoaned the lack of advancement in Goupy designs, with no display of a seaplane.[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913.

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 2 passengers
  • Length: 10 m (33 ft in)
  • Wingspan: 12.70 m (42 ft in)
  • Wing area: 45.0 m2 (480 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  • Gross weight: 750 kg (1653 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome 7-cylinder rotary engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph)

References

  1. ↑ Spooner, Stanley, ed. (9 November 1912). "The Paris Aero Salon". Flight: 1022. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. ↑ Spooner, Stanley, ed. (14 January 1914). "The Paris Aero Salon 1913". Flight. VI, No. 3 (264): 62.
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