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what is it?
The Caudron R.11 (or R.XI in contemporary usage), was a French three-seat twin-engine long range escort fighter biplane developed and produced by Caudron during the First World War.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917
- introduced
- 1918
- retired
- 1922
- status
- retired
- number built
- 370
- role
- heavy fighter
- makers
- Caudron
- engines
- 2× Hispano-Suiza 8Bda
- crew
- 3
- length
- 11.2 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,165 kg
- top speed
- 190 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 5,950 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1051506, Wikipedia: Caudron R.11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.