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Caudron A / B

Страна: Франция

Год: 1910

Canton et Unne - No.2 - 1910 - Франция<– –>Caudron - N - 1911 - Франция


L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)


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Журнал Flight


Flight, September 24, 1910

ROUND-ABOUT FRENCH NOTES.
By OISEAU.

   I HAD hoped to be able to give a detailed description this week of the S.A.F.A. biplane designed and piloted by M. Rene Caudron, but the intervention of Fate, in the form of a gusty wind, has, by upsetting and smashing the machine during a practice flight, made my desire impossible for the moment. But as M. Caudron was only very slightly hurt, it is probable that a new machine will be finished and in the air in the course of the next few days. A general impression of the appearance of the machine can be obtained from the photograph published in last week's FLIGHT. It will be observed that the skids themselves form the lower main members of the fuselage, two small wheels under the main plane raising them sufficiently from the ground to add to the ease of starting. The control is the almost universal Farman type of a hand-lever operating both the gauchissement ailerons and the elevator, and a foot-bar for steering. An Anzani five-cylinder motor is fitted.
   The few flights I saw M. Caudron make on the S.A.F.A. were all quite excellent, and were very much faster than any other biplane that I have yet seen. The impression one gained from watching fairly closely was of the extreme sensitiveness of the control, the slightest movement of the elevator or ailerons being responded to immediately. I must say, however, that one rather expected disaster after watching M. Caudron's very pronounced banking as he took the corners, with the added danger of flying too low at the curves. But with more experience his performances will no doubt greatly improve. It is certainly pleasing to see a machine of such promise and to realise that in no way is it a copy of any other specific type.
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Flight, December 31, 1910

AEROPLANE SILHOUETTES FROM THE PARIS SHOW.

THE S.A.F.A. BIPLANE.

   FRENCH-BUILT biplane, designed by MM. Caudron Freres, and built at Paris-Plage, close to Boulogne.
   General dimensions. - Span, 8 metres; length overall, 8 metres; carrying surface, 22 square metres.
   Seating capacity. - One; a two-seater machine is also built, but this has a carrying surface of 32 square metres.
   Engine. - Five-cylinder 40-li.p. Anzani. Gnome motors can also be fitted, and if water-cooled engines are preferred the Eole motors are supplied.
   Propeller. - Two-bladed Normale propeller of 2.1 metres diameter, which is driven at 1,200 revs, per min.
   Chassis. - The lower members of the main frame are continued forward and brought close to the ground so as to take the place of skids. Two wheels are also fitted to facilitate starting.
   Tail. - A horizontal plane is mounted at the rear of the machine, the forward part of this plane is fixed but the latter edge is free so that it can be flexed to form an elevator. Above this plane are mounted twin rudders.
   Lateral stability. - Maintained by two ailerons placed between the main planes as in the Curtiss machine. In another type of machine warping of the main planes is utilised as on the Wright biplane.
   Weight. - In running order 220 kilogs.
   Speed. - 75 kiloms. an hour.
   System of control. - The warping of the rear elevator and the adjustment of the ailerons (or warping of the main planes, whichever is used) is controlled by a single lever worked by the pilot's left hand. The twin rear rudders are operated by a pedal while all the engine controls are so placed that they can be operated by the driver with his right hand.
   Price. - With 5-cyl. 40-h.p. Anzani, 14,500 francs; with 50-h.p. Gnome, 22,000 francs; with 25-h.p. Eole motor, 12,500 francs. The two-seater machine with 40-h.p. Anzani engine costs 16,500 francs.

L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
The redesigned Caudron glider, Type A, No 1. This is the first version, with the propeller chain-driven.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
The Caudron Type A, No 2, with tractor propeller driven directly. In the background: perhaps No 1 modified? Note curved wingtips.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
One of the last of the Caudron Type A series, perhaps No 6.
Журнал - Flight за 1910 г.
Biplane of the Soc. Anom. Francais d'Aviation constructed by MM. Caudron Freres, which last week was flying at a high rate of speed at Issy. M. Rene Caudron is in the pilot's seat.
Журнал - Flight за 1911 г.
THE CYRNOS PROPELLER. - The above illustrations show a new propeller in use on the Caudron biplane. The design is due to M. Fillipi, and appears to be based on the assumption that the two blades may together be considered as analogous to one aeroplane. The generally accepted view, however, is that each blade separately should be considered in this light.
Журнал - Flight за 1910 г.