The Caudron J Marine was an amphibious, two-seat biplane equipped with floats and wheels. It was similar to the earlier Caudron J floatplane.
Design The Caudron J was essentially a seaplane version of the two-seat Caudron G and single-seat Caudron F. The F, G, and J all followed a similar layout with 2½-bay biplane wings, a tail unit with a single fin and rudder, supported on struts attached to the wings at the first inter-plane struts and a central fuselage nacelle housing the cockpit and mounting the tractor engine. Two main floats were strut-supported under the wings and a small tail-float was attached to the tail unit. A Anzani 10-cylinder radial engine powered the plane.
Operational history The French Navy (la Marine Française) used the three production Caudron J Marine aircraft for reconnaissance and artillery observation. On 8 May 1914, René Caudron flew the second example from a wooden platform erected over a gun turret, on the French Navy seaplane carrier . The first example was powered by a Gnome 9 Delta rotary engine and the other two by Gnome 7 Lambda rotary engines.
Variants Caudron JThe initial 1913 version of the Caudron floatplane with span and Anzani 10-cyl radial. Winner of the Deauville contest in August 1913. Caudron J Marine 1914 production version of the Type J, with three examples purchased by the French Navy
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French Navy
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Further reading
External links Les hydravions des frères CAUDRON (in French)