Garricoupe (oz5555)
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Garricoupe. 44in span Coupe d'Hiver class free flight rubber powered model by Jean Louis Garrigou. Free plan with Aeromodeller June 1972.
Quote: "A family affair is how one could describe the Garricoupe. This four-year-old design has met considerable success in the hands of both Roger Garrigou (who won the 1972 International Coupe d'Hiver meeting), his wife, who took the Ladies' Cup at this same event, and his son. Jean Louis, who placed second in the fly.off for the 1971 International - incidently beating 'dad', who was placed no higher than tenth - while he took the Junior honours at the 1972 meet. One family thus took home all the 'gold' from just one International - it just cannot be purely attributed to luck. And its pedigree does not end there - the contest successes throughout 1969 to 1971 bear testimony to its consistency, while Roger collected the Champion of France title in 1970.
The models used by the Garrigou family are identical, except that Roger's now sports a sheeted motor tube section, and he uses a two-bladed propeller. The plan, of course, relates to a model built prior to the 100g rule, so if the balsa you select is a little harder than you would normally WC, then there will be less ballast to add to bring it up to specification!
Construction is quite straightforward and should not present any difficulty to those of experience with similar models - points to watch being to ensure an accurate, twist-free structure.
The fuselage must be straight, and this is easily achieved if two fuselage sides are built directly over the side elevation. Cut out the 3/32 sheet for the nose and motor peg reinforcement, then add the upper and lower 3/32 sq longerons. Place pins either site of these longerons so that they conform to the outline shown - do not pin through the wood direct as this will cause splitting..."
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(oz5555)
Garricoupe
by Jean Louis Garrigou
from Aeromodeller
June 1972
44in span
Rubber F/F
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Attached are two photos [main pic, 003] of my Garricoupe I recently completed to be flown in a vintage Coupe d'Hiver category that our club is sponsoring this year. Thanks for the plans!Brooke Linford - 17/01/2024
Well, I will be building a second garricoupe. Unfortunately, my dethermalizer failed and I lost it to a thermal. It was last seen hundreds of feet up and still rising as it headed over the hills a mile away.
Brooke Linford - 02/06/2024
Hello again, This is the year for me to lose models to thermals. Here are two photos of the replacement for my lost Garricoupe [pics 007, 008]. Thanks for everything!
Brooke Linford - 04/08/2024
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