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Top speed
  
183 km/h

Length
  
11 m

First flight
  
1917

Wingspan
  
18 m

Retired
  
July 1922

Manufacturer
  
Caudron

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The Caudron R.11, (mis-identified in Jane's 1919 as the Caudron R.II), was a French five-seat twin-engine bomber, reconnaissance and escort biplane developed and produced by Caudron during the First World War.

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Development

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The R.11 was originally intended to fulfill the French Corps d'Armee reconnaissance category. Its design was similar to the Caudron R.4, but with a more pointed nose, two bracing bays outboard the engines rather than three, no nose-wheel, and a much larger tail. The engines were housed in streamlined nacelles just above the lower wing.

Operational history

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The French army ordered 1000 R.11s. Production began in 1917, with the first aircraft completed late in that year. In February 1918 the first Escadrille (squadron) R.26 was equipped. The last escadrille to form before the Armistice (and abrupt end of production) was R.246, at which point 370 planes had been completed.

Variants

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The Caudron R.12 was an experimental version of the R.11, with a larger engine. Development ended when the Caudron R.14 variant appeared in August 1918.

Operators

 France
  • French Air Force
    •  United States
  • American Expeditionary Force

    • Units using this aircraft

  • Escadrille R.46
  • Escadrille R.239
  • Escadrille R.240
  • Escadrille R.241
  • Escadrille R.242
  • Escadrille R.246

    • Specifications

    Data from The Complete Book of Fighters

    General characteristics

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  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 11.25 m (36 ft 11 in)
  • Upper wingspan: 17.92 m (58 ft 10 in)
  • Lower wingspan: 16.9 m (55 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 54.25 m2 (583.9 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,422 kg (3,135 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,167 kg (4,777 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 220 l (48 imp gal; 58 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8Bba V-8 water-cooled piston engines, 160 kW (210 hp) each
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propellers

    • Performance

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  • Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph; 103 kn) at sea level 167.3 km/h (90.3 kn; 104.0 mph) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Endurance: 3
  • Service ceiling: 5,950 m (19,520 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 8minutes 6 seconds; 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 14 minutes 18 seconds; 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 39 minutes

    • Armament

  • Guns: 5x 7.7 mm (0.30 in) Lewis machine guns

    • References

    Caudron R.11 Wikipedia
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