User:TheLongTone/Caudron Type N Monoplane

Caudron Racing Monoplane
Role Sports aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer René Caudron
First flight 1911

The Racing Monoplane, sometimes called the Caudron Type N was a diminuative sports monoplane designed by René Caudron and first flown in December 1911.[1]

Design

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Powered by a number of different engines, including the 26 kW (35 hp) Y-configuration Anzani, the 34 kW (45 hp) six-cylinder Anzani, and the 37 kW (50 hp) Gnome Omega. Fitted with the prototype six-cylinder Anzani radial engine

fuselage square-section ash box-girder, with formers bearing stringers to produce convex surfaces to reduce drag. As with the contemporary Caudron biplanes, the horizontal tail surface was fixed but could be warped uniformly to provide elevator control or differentially to augment the wing warping .

Operational history

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Two examples were used by the Ewen flying school at Brooklands,[2] and one of these was entered in the 1912 Aerial Derby. Piloted by Maurice Guilleaux, it would have finished in second place had it not run out of fuel about 6.4 km (4 mi) short of the finish.[3]

Specifications

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Data from [1]Flight 11 May 1912

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 8.36 m2 (90 sq ft)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 6-cylinder air-cooled radial
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Caudron, 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) diameter

Performance

Notes

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  1. ^ Opdycke 1999 p. 81.
  2. ^ Munson, K. Pioneer Aircraft 1903-1914 London: Blandford, 1969, p.113.
  3. ^ The Aerial Derby][[Flight International|Flight June 15 1912

References

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  • Opdycke, L. French Aeroplanes Before the Great War. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1999.

The Caudron Racing MonoplaneFlight magazine 11 May 1912


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