Ganagobie | |
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
National origin | France |
Designer | Willam and James Lobet |
First flight | 1953 |
The Ganagobie (English: Big Fish) is a single place, parasol wing homebuilt aircraft that was built by Willam and James Lobet, first flying in 1953. [1]
The first example was built in Lille, France using a 1930 Clerget engine, but was abandoned due to replacement engine availability after the first 23 hours of flight. [2] In 1955 an enlarged version was designed by Gorges Jacquemin, increasing the wing area from 70 to 90 sq ft (6.5 to 8.4 m2). Power was from a Poinsard engine. It was marketed as a plans-built homebuilt aircraft by Falconar Avia. [3]
The aircraft is a single place, strut-braced parasol winged design, with conventional landing gear. The all-wood fuselage with plywood covering has a diamond shaped cross-section. The dual wooden spar wings have aircraft fabric covering. A fuel tank is mounted in each wing root. The design can accommodate engines with as low an output as 16 hp (12 kW).
A Nelson H-63-CP powered example of the Ganaboie, built by Haydon L Shafor in 1980, is on display at the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. [3]
Data from [5]
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Ganagobie | |
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
National origin | France |
Designer | Willam and James Lobet |
First flight | 1953 |
The Ganagobie (English: Big Fish) is a single place, parasol wing homebuilt aircraft that was built by Willam and James Lobet, first flying in 1953. [1]
The first example was built in Lille, France using a 1930 Clerget engine, but was abandoned due to replacement engine availability after the first 23 hours of flight. [2] In 1955 an enlarged version was designed by Gorges Jacquemin, increasing the wing area from 70 to 90 sq ft (6.5 to 8.4 m2). Power was from a Poinsard engine. It was marketed as a plans-built homebuilt aircraft by Falconar Avia. [3]
The aircraft is a single place, strut-braced parasol winged design, with conventional landing gear. The all-wood fuselage with plywood covering has a diamond shaped cross-section. The dual wooden spar wings have aircraft fabric covering. A fuel tank is mounted in each wing root. The design can accommodate engines with as low an output as 16 hp (12 kW).
A Nelson H-63-CP powered example of the Ganaboie, built by Haydon L Shafor in 1980, is on display at the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. [3]
Data from [5]
General characteristics
Performance
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