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Страна: Франция

Год: 1910

J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Caudron

  The Caudron brothers (Rene and Gaston) were inspired by the Wright brothers' first flights in France in mid-1908. Their first design, the Type A, which was to have been powered by two engines, was, instead, flown as a glider because the engines were unavailable. The brothers then decided to produce a smaller aircraft which was intended to use a 25-hp Anzani engine. The Type A2 biplane had a pusher configuration with twin tail booms, twin fins and rudders, and used wing warping. These features would appear on many later Caudron designs even those with tractor-mounted engines. The Caudron A2 took to the air in 1909, its engine driving the propeller by a complicated chain transmission. As a result of troubles with the chain drive, the Caudron brothers repositioned the engine into tractor configuration to eliminate the need for a transmission drive. Thus modified, the aircraft, designated the Type A3, was more reliable and had better performance.
  In 1910, the Caudrons established a training school at Ie Crotoy and an aircraft factory at Rue. The first aircraft to be produced at the factory was a 35-hp Anzani-powered tractor biplane designated the Type A4. It was controlled by a combination of wing warping and auxiliary surfaces mounted on the outer interplane struts. The pilot sat behind the rear spar of the lower mainplanes, where he was completely exposed to the elements.
  The next Caudron design, the type B, featured a fuselage nacelle with a 70-hp Gnome or 60-hp Anzani engine in front and the pilot in back. This abbreviated fuselage/nacelle combination would also appear on many of the later Caudron aircraft. The Type B, although a tractor, retained features of the pusher layout; control was entirely by wing warping.
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  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
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