The Taupin had rectangular plan wings, the forward one providing 65 % of the wing area, both mounted on the central fuselage longeron.
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To withstand strong forces during a dive, heavy plating was fitted, along with brackets riveted to the frame and longeron, to the fuselage.
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G II Rs were powered by several different engines, some radial engines and some bungee shock absorber from the stub axle to the upper longeron.
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The outer engines were also fuselage mounted, each having pairs of struts to the upper fuselage longeron and to the lower ones via the wing roots.
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The open cockpit was formed by a break in the upper skinning, though the fifth, upper, longeron continued over the pilot's head.
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This featured a wheel on each side mounted on a half axle attached to the lower fuselage longeron and a vertical shock absorbing leg to the wing.
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Its lower part was rectangular in section and the upper part roughly triangular, with a central longeron along its top to which the wings were joined.
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Behind it, the fuselage maintained this upper structure on two longerons, with very narrow, concave sides down to a third, lower, longeron.
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An investigation later showed that the most likely cause of the accident was a failure in the upper fuselage longeron, probably a result of fatigue or corrosion.
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Each unit had an axle, articulated at the lower longeron, and a pair of oleo legs fixed to the stub wing where the lift struts joined.
