The Messerschmitt-Caudron MeC 164 was a prototype

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built in 1942 by

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and

Caudron The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

to compete with the

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. It did not enter mass production.

Design and development

The MeC 164 was designed in Germany by Messerschmitt as an 8-passenger airliner powered by two

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inline engines as the Me 164. as designed, it was lighter than the Si 204, but was expected to have worse performance than the competing aircraft. Once design work was completed, Messerschmitt handed it over to Caudron in

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, which began construction of the prototype in 1942 under the designation MeC 164 V1. However, construction of the prototype progressed slowly, and as a result the project was canceled.

Specifications (MeC 164 V1)

References

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Design and development

Specifications (MeC 164 V1)

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