The de Bruyère C 1 was a prototype French single seat pusher canard Fighter of unusual design produced during

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. The sole example built crashed on its first flight, and development terminated.

Design and development

Developed by Marcel de Bruyere, the C 1 was a single-bay

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with staggered equal-span wings and inverted V-struts. An all-moving one piece canard controlled pitch, while roll control was provided by unusual full chord tip ailerons on the upper wing. A 150 hp Hispano-Suiza 8Aa water-cooled engine located immediately aft of the wings drove a two blade pusher propeller mounted at the extreme tail, via a long shaft. Using a ventral fin with a long tail skid to protect the propeller and a short

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, the C 1 had no fixed

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. Its

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and advanced metal fuselage were also unusual for its era. Designed to have an unrestricted forward field of fire, the fuselage also had two large circular windows on each side for downward visibility. Armament consisted of a single 37mm cannon. Its first and only flight was made in April 1917 at flight test facilities used by

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and

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, France. The C 1 reached an altitude of roughly 25 feet before entering an uncontrolled roll before crashing inverted. The test pilot survived but no further development of the type was pursued.

Specifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Bruyere C 1 1910s French military aircraft 1910s French fighter aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Biplanes Canard aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1917

Design and development

Specifications

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References