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Caudron Types M and N

Index Caudron Types M and N

The Caudron Types M and N were small, fast French sports monoplanes, flown 1911–13 under a wide range of engine powers. [1]

50 relations: Air racing, Aircraft fabric covering, Anzani, Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines, Anzani 6-cylinder, Aspect ratio (aeronautics), Biplane, Bracing (aeronautics), Carthage, Caudron, Chord (aeronautics), Cockpit, Corsica, Elevator (aeronautics), England, English Channel, Farman Aviation Works, Fin, Flight International, Former, France, Fraxinus, Fuselage, Gnome, Gnome et Rhône, Hendon, Landing gear, Lattice girder, Le Crotoy, Leading edge, London, Longeron, Monoplane, North Africa, Olympia, London, Paris, Populus, Propeller (aeronautics), Radial engine, Rotary engine, Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont, Sardinia, Shock absorber, Spar (aeronautics), Tailplane, Toe (automotive), Trailing edge, Tunis, Voisin, Wing warping.

Air racing

Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.

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Aircraft fabric covering

Aircraft fabric covering is a term used for both the material used and the process of covering aircraft open structures.

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Anzani

Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.

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Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines

From 1905 to 1915, Alessandro Anzani built a number of three-cylinder fan and radial engines, one of which powered Louis Blériot's 1909 cross-channel flight.

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Anzani 6-cylinder

Alessandro Anzani developed the first two-row radial from his earlier 3- cylinder Y engine by merging two onto the same crankshaft with a common crankweb.

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Aspect ratio (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord.

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Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.

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Bracing (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load.

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Carthage

Carthage (from Carthago; Punic:, Qart-ḥadašt, "New City") was the center or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Governorate in Tunisia.

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Caudron

The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron (1882-1915) and René Caudron (1884-1959).

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Chord (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, chord refers to the imaginary straight line joining the leading and trailing edges of an aerofoil.

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Cockpit

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.

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Corsica

Corsica (Corse; Corsica in Corsican and Italian, pronounced and respectively) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.

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Elevator (aeronautics)

Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Farman Aviation Works

Farman Aviation Works (Avions Farman) was a French aircraft company founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman.

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Fin

A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure.

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Flight International

Flight International (or simply Flight) is a weekly magazine focused on aerospace, published in the United Kingdom.

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Former

A former is a structural member of an aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fraxinus

Fraxinus, English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae.

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Fuselage

The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.

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Gnome

A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature.

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Gnome et Rhône

Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer.

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Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb in the Borough of Barnet, northwest of Charing Cross.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and may be used for either takeoff or landing.

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Lattice girder

A lattice girder is a truss girder where the load is carried by a web of latticed metal.

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Le Crotoy

Le Crotoy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Leading edge

The leading edge is the part of the wing that first contacts the air;Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 305.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Longeron

In engineering, a longeron is a load-bearing component of a framework.

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Monoplane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.

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North Africa

North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.

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Olympia, London

Olympia is an exhibition centre, event space and conference centre in West Kensington, London, England.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Propeller (aeronautics)

An aircraft propeller, or airscrew,Beaumont, R.A.; Aeronautical Engineering, Odhams, 1942, Chapter 13, "Airscrews".

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Radial engine

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.

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Rotary engine

The rotary engine was an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary in operation, with the entire crankcase and its attached cylinders rotating around it as a unit.

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Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont

Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France, on the French coast, in northern France.

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Sardinia

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Shock absorber

A shock absorber (in reality, a shock "damper") is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.

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Spar (aeronautics)

In a fixed-wing aircraft, the spar is often the main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles (or thereabouts depending on wing sweep) to the fuselage.

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Tailplane

A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabiliser, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed-wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplanes.

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Toe (automotive)

In automotive engineering, toe, also known as tracking, is the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, as a function of static geometry, and kinematic and compliant effects.

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Trailing edge

The trailing edge of an aerodynamic surface such as a wing is its rear edge, where the airflow separated by the leading edge rejoins.

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Tunis

Tunis (تونس) is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia.

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Voisin

Voisin was a French aircraft manufacturing company, one of the first in the world.

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Wing warping

Wing warping was an early system for lateral (roll) control of a fixed-wing aircraft.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_Types_M_and_N

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