User:TheLongTone/Caudron Type N Monoplane

The Racing Monoplane, sometimes called the Caudron Type N was a diminuative sports monoplane designed by René Caudron and first flown in December 1911.

Design
Powered by a number of different engines, including the 35 hp Y-configuration Anzani, the 45 hp six-cylinder Anzani, and the 50 hp Gnome Omega. Fitted with the prototype six-cylinder Anzani radial engine

fuselage square-section ash box-girder, with formers bearing stringers to produce convex surfaces to reduce drag. As with the contemporary Caudron biplanes, the horizontal tail surface was fixed but could be warped uniformly to provide elevator control or differentially to augment the wing warping.

Operational history
Two examples were used by the Ewen flying school at Brooklands, and one of these was entered in the 1912 Aerial Derby. Piloted by Maurice Guilleaux, it would have finished in second place had it not run out of fuel about 4 mi short of the finish.