Audenis C2

The Audenis C2 was a two-seat fighter biplane, designed and built in France during 1916. Probably powered by a 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget 9B 9-cylinder rotary engine, the C2 had equal span single bay biplane wings with the lower mainplane set well below the fuselage attached by the rear undercarriage struts and a pair of struts at the leading edge. The undercarriage was of conventional tailskid configuration with the mainwheel axle attached to the fuselage by V-struts. Pilot and gunner were seated in individual cockpits with the pilot under the centre-section and the gunner aft of the wings, provided with a single fixed Vickers machine-gun fired by the pilot and a machine-gun on a ring in the rear cockpit. Development of the C2 did not continue after initial flight trials.[1]

C2
Role Trainer
National origin France
Designer Charles Auddenis
First flight 1916
Number built 1

Specifications (C2)

Data from French aircraft of the First World War[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 97 kW (130 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Armament

  • Guns: 1x fixed forward firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine-gun on the forward fuselage decking and 1x machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

References
  1. Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. (January 2002). French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 1891268090.
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