Caudron R.11

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name=R.11
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type=fighter
manufacturer=Caudron
designer=Paul Deville
first flight=1917
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retired=July 1922
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primary user=France
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number built=370
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The Caudron R.11 was a French five-seat escort twin-engine biplane fighter aircraft developed and produced during World War I.

Development

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

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 (unit) R.26 was equipped. The last escadrille to form before the Armistice (and production ended abruptly) was R.246, at which point 370 planes had been completed.

Variants

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

;FRA

Units using this aircraft

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

pecifications (variant)

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crew=3
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span m=17.92
span ft=58
span in=9.5
height m=2.8
height ft=9
height in=2.25
wing area sqm=54.25
wing area sqft=583.96
empty weight kg=1422
empty weight lb=3135
gross weight kg=2167
gross weight lb=4777

eng1 number=2
eng1 type= Hispano-Suiza 8Bba inline piston
eng1 kw=160
eng1 hp=215

max speed kmh=183
max speed mph=114
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endurance h=3
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ceiling m=5950
ceiling ft=19520
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armament1=5 7.7-mm (0.303-in) Lewis machine guns
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