- Design and development
- Specifications
- References
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The Caudron C.180 was an all-metal, three engine French ten seat passenger aircraft, flown about 1930. Only one was built. Design and developmentThe Caudron C.180 was a high wing cantilever monoplane with metal structure and duraluminium covering.[ The skin on the wing was smooth[2] rather than corrugated in the Junkers style (e.g. Junkers Ju 52). The single spar wing was in three sections; the inner part carried the outer pair of {{convert|300|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip|0}} Lorraine 9N Algol 9-cylinder, air-cooled engines well ahead of the leading edge, cylinders exposed, on faired mountings which merged into the wing. The centre section also contained the fuel tanks.] The third Algol engine was in the nose of the fuselage; behind it the cockpit was just ahead of the leading edge. The flat sided fuselage consisted of two parts, bolted together, and contained a cabin for ten passengers with a lavatory and luggage compartment.[ The tail surfaces were straight edged and conventional, with a balanced rudder.[2]] The C.180 had a fixed tail wheel undercarriage. Each main wheel was mounted on a half-axle hinged from the lower fuselage and located by a hinged trailing strut, with a vertical, shock absorbing leg to the outer wing centre section below the engine, providing a wide track.[[2]] The exact date of the first flight is not known but one source suggests 1930;[8] certainly the aircraft appeared, flown or unflown, at the December 1930 Paris Salon.[ At that show the main wheels were enclosed in fairings.[2] Intended to be suitable for work in the French colonies,[8] the C.180 was designed to be powered by a range of engines, air and liquid cooled, in the {{convert|200-300|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip|-1}} power range][ but only one Algol powered example seems to have been completed.[8]] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite magazine|date=12 December 1930 |title= Caudron|magazine= Flight|volume=XXII |issue=50 |page=1430|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201508.html}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9682&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= |title=Caudron C.180 |publisher=www.aviafrance.com |date=21 August 2003 |accessdate=20 October 2014}}
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