Caravelle

The french Caravelle was the first airliner with engines located at the rear fuselage. A total of 282 was produced between 1955 and 1973. The versions 1, 3 and 6 had Rolls-Royce engines, later versions were equipped with Pratt&Whitney turbines.

For the modelplane the P&W versions were chosen. The large wing of this elegant airliner provides a low wing loading, so take off and landing speeds are low. As the vertical tail is small sized a gyro should be installed on rudder to maintain yaw control in case of an engine failure.

Powerplant:    Glow:                two  6.5 cc  (.40 cu.in.)  engines

                           Turbine:           twice  25 N  (5.5 lbs.)  thrust

                           Ducted Fan:    - - -

Specifications:

Span            Length            Wing Area                 Weight

 Caravelle 10R                   2.14 m  (84’’)    2.00 m  (79’’)    57.3 dm²  (888 sq.in.)      6  kg  (13 lbs.)

 Caravelle 11R                   2.14 m  (84’’)    2.06 m  (81’’)    57.3 dm²  (888 sq.in.)      6  kg  (13 lbs.)

 Super-Caravelle 10B3    2.14 m  (84’’)    2.06 m  (81’’)    59.3 dm²  (919 sq.in.)    6.5 kg  (14 lbs.)

 Super-Caravelle 12         2.14 m  (84’’)    2.27 m  (89’’)    59.3 dm²  (919 sq.in.)      7  kg  (15 lbs.)

Pics :

(Norbert Rauch)

(Manfred Köster)

(Jürgen Lüling)

(Yves De Latour)

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