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Couzinet 10 was flown for the first time on 7 May 1928 by Maurice Drouhin. Further flights demonstrated well-coordinated controls and the ability to maintain altitude with the outer engine speeds reduced to 500 rpm and the central one at 1,500 rpm, compared with a maximum 1,900 rpm. The ability
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and behind it there was a windowed cabin with access through a starboard-side door. This contained two berths forward and, towards the back, tables for radio-operator and navigator, with a toilet further aft. The fin was integral with the body, rising slowly from it (a characteristic feature of
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on 8 August 1928 following intense aileron flutter at speed, killing both
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to fly safely on one central engine provided, Couzinet thought, safety if an outer engine failed. By July 1928 it had been converted into the
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Couzinet 10 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft
Circular No.77
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that followed the V8's cylinder heads and cooled with
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587:"Les vols de Drouhin sur le "René Couzinet""
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652:"Peitites Nouvelles ...de France"
634:"Maurice Drouhin et André Lanet"
365:27 m (88 ft 7 in)
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611:Bruno Parmentier (4 May 2002).
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389:9,000 kg (19,842 lb)
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544:Serryer, J. (29 March 1928).
383:3,900 kg (8,598 lb)
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613:"Caouzinet 10 ,Arc en Ciel'"
324:Specifications (Couzinet 10)
217:and ply-covered into a semi-
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821:1920s French civil aircraft
546:"Le monoplan René Couzinet"
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743:Couzinet 40
738:Couzinet 33
733:Couzinet 30
728:Couzinet 22
723:Couzinet 21
718:Couzinet 20
713:Couzinet 11
708:Couzinet 10
425:Performance
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306:Couzinet 11
300:Couzinet 10
275:Couzinet 20
259:Couzinet 11
159:trapezoidal
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136:Couzinet 20
810:Categories
457:References
375:Wing area:
266:V12 engine
193:V8 engines
163:elliptical
110:cantilever
816:Trimotors
656:Les Ailes
638:Les Ailes
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337:Data from
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219:monocoque
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178:box spars
118:designer
116:monoplane
75:Designer
698:aircraft
696:Couzinet
289:Variants
240:elevator
201:cowlings
170:ailerons
113:low wing
618:29 June
518:29 June
369:Height:
357:Length:
223:cockpit
205:Lamblin
182:plywood
485:2 July
444:Range:
283:Meudon
232:rudder
61:France
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