The Caudron J Marine was an amphibious, two-seat, biplane equipped with floats and wheels, similar to the earlier Caudron J floatplane.
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 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 attached to the tail-unit. Power was supplied by a
Anzani 10-cylinder
The Anzani 10 was a 1913 10-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine. It powered several experimental aircraft and also the later production versions of the Caudron G.3 reconnaissance aircraft, the Caudron G.4 bomber/trainer and the first pr ...
radial engine.
The three production Caudron J Marine were used by the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
(la Marine Française) 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
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
cruiser ''
Foudre''.
The first example was powered by a
Gnome 9 Delta
The Gnome 9 Delta was a French designed, nine-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain. Powering several World War I era aircraft types it produced from its capacity of .
Variants
;Delta:The baseline ...
rotary engine, with the remaining two powered by
Gnome 7 Lambda
The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering several World War I-era aircraft types it was claimed to produce from its capacity of al ...
rotary engines.
Variants
;Caudron J:The 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 3 examples purchased by the
Marine Française
Operators
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French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
Specifications (variant specified)
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1910s French military reconnaissance aircraft
Caudron aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1914
Rotary-engined aircraft