Courtois-Suffit Lescop CSL-1
CSL C1 | |
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Courtois-Suffit Lescope |
First flight | 1918 |
Number built | 2 |
The Courtois-Suffit Lescop CSL C1 was a French biplane fighter aircraft built in the final months of World War I.
Specifications (variant specified)[]
Data from French aircraft of the First World War,[1] Aviafrance : Courtois-Suffit Lescop CSL C1 [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Wingspan: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 19 m2 (200 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 470 kg (1,036 lb)
- Gross weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9Bf 9-Cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at sea level
- Endurance: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Time to altitude: 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 16 minutes
References[]
- ^ Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. pp. 178–179. ISBN 1891268090.
- ^ "Courtois-Suffit Lescop CSL-1". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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