- Design
- Specifications (Simplex)
- References
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The Carmier-Arnoux Simplex was a tailless racing aircraft built in France in the early 1920s. DesignThe Arnoux Simplex was a cantilever monoplane with full-span controllers. The fuselage ended with a vertical fin with a rudder, but no horizontal stabilizer. The pilot sat far back behind the wing's leading edge.[1][2] Specifications (Simplex) {{Aircraft specs
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|crew=One
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|empty weight kg=800
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|gross weight kg=980
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Hispano-Suiza 8Fb
|eng1 type=V-8 water-cooled piston engine
|eng1 hp=320
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|max speed kmh=385
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References1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Weyl |first1=A. R. (A.F.R.Ae.S) |title=Tailless Aircraft and Flying Wings: A Study of Their Evolution and Their Problems |journal=Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology |date=1944 |volume=16 |issue=12 |pages=340–360 |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/eb031199}}
2. ^{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Michael |title=The World's Strangest Aircraft: A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Flying Machines |date=28 April 2001 |publisher=MetroBooks |isbn=978-1586632120}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.aviafrance.com/carmier-arnoux-simplex--aviation-france-9851.htm|title=Carmier-Arnoux Simplex |website=Avaifrance.com|accessdate=8 February 2019}}
2 : Tailless aircraft|French aircraft 1920–1929 |