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radials made its first flight it had mainwheels in trouser fairings and relied on low pressure tyres to absorb landing shocks. One flight was enough to see its return to the factory, where a more conventional three strut arrangement was installed. The
Couzinet 101 had similar gear, each wheel with a
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November, being prepared for flight and still referred to as the Couzinet 100. It first flew between 11 and 18 November. At the end of February 1934 it returned from tests with
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on steel frames isolated on rubber blocks and toed outwards. The third was in the fuselage nose. All had their own oil tanks and fire extinguishers; fuel was stored in the wings. The fuselage was a wooden
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to the forward spar in the inner wing and a cranked axle and drag strut from the lower fuselage. The wheels, in
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was a three-engined, three-seat touring aircraft designed and built in
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Couzinet 101 failed to attract buyers and the sole example,
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Two of the 101's three 63 kW (85 hp), seven-cylinder
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4, wooden-bladed, 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) diameter
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300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal)
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All versions of the
Couzinet 100 had fixed, tailwheel
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531:"Notules Techniques - Le petit trimoteur Couzinet"
272:began in 1936. Its subsequent history is unknown.
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712:Hirschauer, L.; Dollfus, Ch. (1934).
204:. The enclosed cabin seated three in
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612:"Notules Techniques - chez Couzinet"
591:"Notules Techniques - en meme temps"
377:900 kg (1,984 lb) equipped
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904:1930s French civil utility aircraft
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690:Bruno Parmentier (23 April 2003).
482:Frachet, André (11 January 1934).
130:The Couzinet 101 had a one piece,
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664:Aircraft of the Spanish Civil War
484:"La limousine René Couzinet 101"
371:20 m (220 sq ft)
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715:L'Anné Aéronautique 1933–1934
561:(48): 1108. 24 November 1932.
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442:5,800 m (19,000 ft)
383:1,420 kg (3,131 lb)
320:Specifications (Couzinet 101)
924:Aircraft first flown in 1933
618:(649): 18. 23 November 1933.
311:3 × 60 kW (80 hp)
301:3 × 56 kW (75 hp)
291:3 × 34 kW (45 hp)
191:, were mounted ahead of the
62:Société Avions René Couzinet
718:. Paris: Dunod. p. 29.
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573:"Le Salon (image, left)"
662:Howson, Gerald (1990).
332:General characteristics
200:formed with frames and
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327:Les Ailes January 1934
38:Large touring aircraft
305:. Flew November 1933.
733:"For luxury touring"
649:Air Britain Archive
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415:Performance
407:Propellers:
399:7-cylinder
393:Powerplant:
248:Development
160:trapezoidal
113:Couzinet 20
898:Categories
697:1 November
549:"Couzinet"
510:31 October
459:References
369:Wing area:
279:radials.
238:oleo strut
136:cantilever
914:Trimotors
634:Les Ailes
616:Les Ailes
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357:Wingspan:
345:Capacity:
325:Data from
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214:tailplane
202:stringers
172:trim tabs
68:Designer
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784:Couzinet
397:Pobjoy R
303:Pobjoy R
283:Variants
259:C.E.M.A.
189:cowlings
179:Pobjoy R
168:ailerons
156:fuselage
148:dihedral
125:fuselage
363:Height:
351:Length:
144:plywood
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434:Range:
401:radial
266:F-AMTJ
222:rudder
206:tandem
107:Design
93:France
52:France
339:Crew:
242:spats
152:Chord
35:Role
743:XXVI
699:2016
668:ISBN
559:XXIV
512:2016
395:3 ×
186:NACA
140:spar
99:and
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