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1923
1923 - 0003.PDF
JANUARY 4, 1923 THE • PABIS -AEE.O -SHOW-1922 CAUDRON No firm has a greater number of machines on view than the Caudron, six complete machines being shown, ranging from the old G.3 with skids and open tail girder to the three-engined passenger carrier, C.61. The G.3 is too well known to need any description here. Suffice it to state that it forms the first step in a carefully-graded course of instruction. From the G.3 the pupil goes on to the second school machine shown, By THE TECHNICAL EDITOR . (Cottinued from page 786.) construction it follows usual Caudron practice, and there is little to be said about it except that it is of quite pleasing lines and should be very economical to run. The second sports model, the C.68, is slightly larger, and is a two-seater with six-cylinder 45 h.p. Anzani engine. The wings are made to fold, and the divided strut incorporated in the arrangement for folding is shown in the accompanying sketch. The operation of spreading or folding the wings can TWO CAUDRON SPORTING TYPES : On the left the 45 h.p. two-seater, and on the right the 35 b.p. single-seater. the C.27, which is a two-seater tractor biplane with 80 h.p. le Ehone engine. Finally he is transferred to the 0.59, a two-seater tractor biplane with 180 h.p. Hispano engine. There is nothing of special interest in either of these machines, which are plain, straightforward biplanes of usual design and construction. Two sports models are shown, of which one, the 0.67, is a small single-seater with 30 h.p. Anzani engine. In detail be performed in about four minutes, and the control cables to the ailerons are so arranged that they are not interfered with by folding the wings. A special attachment for the tail skid prevents the wings from touching the ground when folded, and serves as a support when the machine is being trailed behind a motor-car. The three-engined C.61 is in the main similar to that shown last year, but certain improvements have been incorporated, TWO CAUDRON SCHOOL MACHINES Left, the 80 h.p. le Rhone machine ; biplane. and right, the Hispano-engined
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