- Caudron C.61
Infobox Aircraft
name=C.61
caption=
type=transport
manufacturer=Caudron
designer=
first flight=1921
introduced=
retired=
status=
primary user=
more users=
produced=
number built=
variants with their own articles=The Caudron C.61 was a French civil transport
biplane aircraft built by the French aeroplane manufacturerCaudron . It was constructed of wood and covered by fabric.Development
The prototype C.61 (F-ESAE) had a freight hold and cabin for 6 passengers. The conventional landing gear also included a wheel beneath the nose to prevent nose-overs on landing. For the production C.61s the cabin size was increased to accommodate eight passengers.
Operational history
In 1923, six C.61s were bought by
Compagnie Fraco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne to run betweenBucharest andBelgrade .Variants
* C.61bis - In 1924 many C.61s were modified to take 194 kW (260 hp) Salmson CM.9 radial engines on the outboards, increasing the maximum loaded weight to 4834 kg (10657 lb).
* C.81 -
* C.183 -Operators
*
Compagnie Fraco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne
*Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne pecifications (variant)
aerospecs
met or eng?=met
crew=2
capacity=
length m=14
length ft=45
length in=11.25
span m=24.14
span ft=79
span in=2.5
height m=
height ft=
height in=
wing area sqm=104
wing area sqft=1119.48
empty weight kg=2200
empty weight lb=4850
gross weight kg=3480
gross weight lb=7672eng1 number=3
eng1 type=Hispano-Suiza 8Ac inline piston
eng1 kw=134
eng1 hp=180max speed kmh=160
max speed mph=99
cruise speed kmh=
cruise speed mph=
range km=640
range miles=398
endurance h=
endurance min=
ceiling m=4000
ceiling ft=13125
climb rate ms=
climb rate ftmin=armament1=
armament2=
armament3=
armament4=
armament5=
armament6=Accidents
*after 1923 (date unknown) - C.61 lost when it came down at seacite web
title = Aircraft Directory: France
url=http://avia.russian.ee/air/france/caudron_c-61.php
accessdate = 2007-09-14 ]
*July 3 ,1926 - C.61 operated by Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne crashes in Czechoslovakiacite web
title = Accidents by Airline
url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/Airline/AL%20Ci-Cz.htm
accessdate = 2007-09-14 ]References
*cite encyclopedia | editor = Donald, David | encyclopedia =The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft | volume = | pages = pg 236 | publisher = Prospero Books | date = 1997 | id = ISBN 1-85605-375-X | accessdate =
External links
* [http://avia.russian.ee/air/france/caudron_c-61.php Caudron C.61]
ee also
aircontent
related=
similar aircraft=
sequence= ← C.51 - C.59 - C.60 - C.61 - C.65 - C.66 - C.67 →
lists=
see also=
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.