Couzinet & Air-Couzinet Aircraft List

[hesham]

Hi,

Mr. René Couzinet was a French aeronautics engineer and aircraft
manufacturer,and in 1926,he established The Société des Avions
René Couzinet,but this liquidated in 1934,and he went to Brasil
then to Italy,after that and in 1937,he formed Société des Avions
Couzinet,or simply Air-Couzinet,he died in 1956.

To be continued

 

[hesham]

Hi,

for the first firm,which established in 1926,the designations took prefix "RC",

RC.10 was a long-range civil transport low-wing monoplane,powered
by three 180 hp Hispano-Suiza 8Ac engines,1928
RC.11 was a long-range civil transport low-wing monoplane,based on RC.10,but powered by one 600 hp Hispano 12Lb engine,1928
RC.12 was a long-range civil transport low-wing monoplane,based on RC.10,powered by three Hispano 12Lb engines,burned uncompleted in hanger fire,1928
RC.20 was a five-seat postal or touring light transport low-wing monoplane,powered by three 40 hp Salmson 9AD engines,1929
RC.21 was a version of RC.20,but powered by three 85 hp Walter Vega I engines,1930
RC.22 was a convertion of RC.20,but powered by three 95 hp Salmson 7Ac engines,1932
RC.23 was a version of RC.20,but powered by three 120 hp Renault 4 Pdi engines,1934
RC.24 ------?
RC.25 was a high-wing bomber monoplane,with fixed landing gear,
powered by three engine,remained a Project,1925
RC.26 was a low-wing bomber/transport monoplane,with a pantalon
shape of landing gear,powered by three engines,remained a Project,1926
RC.27 was a long-range civil transport monoplane,based on RC.10,
also powered by three engines,1927
RC.28 GR was a larger version of RC.10,also powered by three engines,1928
RC.28 M was a floatplane version of RC.28 GR,remained a Project,1928
RC.28 TP was a five-seat touring and light transport monoplane Project,powered by three low powered engines,led to develop RC.20 & RC.30,1928
RC.29 R was larger version of RC.20,intended for long-range duties,remained a Project,1929
RC.29 F1 was a five-seat touring monoplane Project,based on RC.20,1929
RC.29 F2 was a postal transport monoplane Project,based on RC.40,1929
RC.29 F3 was all metal version of RC.29 F2,remained a Project,1929
RC.29 T1 was a six-seat touring monoplane Project,based on RC.30,1929
RC.30 was a tourist version of RC.20,powered by three engines,1930
RC.30 Exp was a flying wing single engined aircraft Project,1930
RC.30 F1 was a postal monoplane Project,led to develop RC.60,
powered by three 600 hp Hispano-Suiza 12 Lb engines,1930
RC.30 F1 H was a floatplane version of RC.30 F1,Project of 1930
RC.30 M1 was an experimental flying wing aircraft Project,powered
by five engines,1930
RC.30 R1 was a long-range transport monoplane Project,powered
by three engines,and led to develop RC.70,1930
RC.31 was a touring monoplane Project,based on RC.30,powered by
three Walter engines,1930
RC.32 was a touring monoplane Project,based on RC.30,powered by
three 95 hp Renault engines,1930
RC.33 Biarritz was a long-range transport monoplane,powered by
three 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy III engines,1931
RC.35 was a larger fuselage version of RC.20,Project only,1930s
RC.40 T was a postal transport monoplane Project,based on RC.29 F1,studied for Brasil,powered by only two engines,1930s
RC.40 was a postal transport monoplane,powered by three engined,1930
RC.40/I was a version of RC.40,powered by three 350 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Kc engines,Project
RC.40/II was a version of RC.40,powered by three 350 hp Gnome-Rhone
7 Kd engines,but lighter than RC.40/I,Project
RC.40/III was a version of RC.40,powered by two 300 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Kb engines,Project
RC.40/IV was a version of RC.40,powered by one 480 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Ae engine,Project
RC.40/V was a version of RC.40,powered by two 300 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Kb engines,Project
RC.40/VI was a version of RC.40,powered by one 420 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Adx engine,Project
RC.40/VII was a version of RC.40,powered by two 230 hp Salmson 9Ab engines,Project
RC.40/VIII was a version of RC.40,powered by one 500 hp Salmson 18 Ab engine,Project
RC.40/IX was a version of RC.40,powered by three 450 hp Renault 12 Ja engines,Project
RC.40/X was a version of RC.40,powered by two 250 hp Hispano-Suiza 6 Mb engines,Project
RC.40/XI was a version of RC.40,powered by one 500 hp Hispano-Suiza 12 Md engine,Project
RC.45 was a four engined maritime flying boat Project
RC.50 To was a enlarge wing version of RC.33,Project only,1930s
RC.50 Po was a postal aircraft Project,developed from RC.29 F3,1929
RC.50 Exp was experimental flying wing Project,powered by single engine,1930s
RC.50 T6 was a six-seat low-wing transport monoplane,powered by
three engines,later developed into RC.110,1933
RC.60 was a medium transport monoplane,powered by three 600 hp Hispano 12 Lb engines,1930
RC.60 BN5 was a five-seat night bomber monoplane Project,powered by two engines,1931
RC.61 was a postal transport version of RC.60,also powered by two engines,a Project of 1931
RC.61 H was a floatplane version of RC.61,powered by two engines,a Project of 1931
RC.62 was a postal transport version of RC.60,powered by two engines,a Project 1931
RC.63 BN5 was a five-seat night bomber low-wing monoplane Project,powered by four 670 hp Gnome-Rhone 14 Lrsd engines,1933
RC.70 was a commercial transport monoplane,powered by three
650 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines,1932
RC.70 BN5 was a five-seat night bomber monoplane Project,developed from RC.70,powered by three 650 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines,in
normal position motors,1932
RC.70 BN5/II was as above,but powered by three 650 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines,two were mounted in the wing,and one mounted above
the cockpit in pylon,Project only
RC.71 was a modified version of RC.70 as a mailplane,powered by
three 650 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines,1934
RC.71 M was a postal and transport monoplane Project,developed
from RC.71,and led to appear RC.73
RC.72 was a postal version of RC.70,powered by three 650 hp
Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines,a Project 1932
RC.73 was a postal version of RC.70,with a longer fuselage,powered
by three 880 hp Hispano 12 Ybrs engines,1934
RC.80 was a military version of RC.30,powered by three engines,one
aircraft was built
RC.80 R was a record breaker long distance monoplane,powered by
three 160 hp engines,remained a Project,1930s
RC.90 was a five-seat night bomber mid-wing monoplane Project,
with main landing gear powered by four 650 hp Hispano 12Nbr engines,mounted as two pusher and two tractor,1933
RC.91 was a refined version of RC.90,laso five-seat night bomber Project,1933
RC.91/II was a low-wing five-seat night bomber monoplane Project,developed from RC.91,1933
RC.91 H was a floatplane version of RC.91,remained a Project,1933
RC.100 Hyd was a transport flying boat Project,powered by three engines,1933
RC.100 was a low-wing touring and light transport monoplane,
powered by three 45 hp Salmson 9 ADb engines,1933
RC.101 was a version of RC.100,but powered by three 75 hp Pobjoy R engines,1933
RC.102 was a version of RC.101,powered by the same engines,but
with a higher payload, remained a Project,1933
RC.103 was a version of RC.100,but powered by three 80 hp Salmson 9 ADr engines
RC.110 was a six-seat light touring and transport monoplane,
developed from RC.33 with longer fuselage,powered by three Gipsy III engines
RC.111/I was a version of RC.110,powered by three Renault 4 Pdi engines,Project of 1933
RC.111/II was a version of RC.110,powered by three Salmson 9 Nc engines,Project of 1933
RC.111/III was a version of RC.110,powered by three Salmson 9 Nc engines,but had a longer fuselage and lighter payload,Project of 1933
RC.112 was a version of RC.110,powered by three Gipsy-major engines,Project of 1933
RC.112 B3 was a version of RC.110,but with heavy payload,powered
by three Gipsy-Major engines,Project of 1933
RC.113 was a version of RC.110,powered by three Salmson 9 Nc
engines,but with shorter fuselage,Project of 1933
RC.120 was a commercial light transport monoplane Project,
powered by three 650 hp Renault engines,1935
RC.130 was a postal transport monoplane Project,derivative of RC.40,powered by three Hispano 12 Ybrs engines,1933
RC.130/II was a version of RC.130,but with shorter fuselage,powered
by three Hispano 12 Ybrg engines,Project 1933
RC.131 was a ten-seat version of RC.130,but powered by three
Gnome-Rhone 14 Krsd engines,remained a Project,1933
RC.132 was a ten-seat version of RC.130,powered by three Hispano
12 Ybrs engines,Project of 1933
RC.133 was a 24-passenger longer fuselage of RC.130,powered by
three Gnome-Rhone 14 Krsd engines,Project of 1933
RC.140 was a 30-passenger with more longer fuselage,powered by
three engines,Project of 1933
RC.150 was a single seat low-wing racer and record breaker monoplane Project,powered by one 575 hp Hispano-Suiza 9 Va engine,1934
RC.160 was a floatplane version of RC.150,powered by the same engine,Project of 1934
RC.170 was a military transport monoplane Project,powered by
two 700 hp Gnome-Rhone 14 Kbr or Renault 18 Jbr engines,1934
RC.180 was a commercial transport monoplane Project,powered by two engines,1935
RC.181 was a floatplane version of RC.180,laso powered by two engines,Project of 1935
RC.190 was a fighter-bomber and light attack monoplane Project,
derivative of RC.180,powered by two 900 hp Gnome-Rhone Kfs
engines,1935
RC.191 was a version of RC.190,developed with increased autonomy,
Project of 1935
RC.200 was a medium bomber low-wing monoplane Project,derivative
of RC.190,with more payload of bombs,1935
RC.1000 Elan was a side-by-side two seat low-wing touring
monoplane Project,powered by single engine,Project of 1934
RC.2000 was a two-three seat mid-wing observation and recce
light attack monoplane Project,intended for A.3 or BR.3 Program
of 1934

Non-standard aircraft

A-1 was a single seat low-wing monoplane fighter Project,derivative
of RC.150 with the same fixed landing gear,powered by 725 hp engine,
1934
A-2 was a single seat low-wing monoplane fighter Project,derivative
of RC.150,with retractable landing gear,powered by Gnôme-Rhône
9 Krsd engine,1934


to be continued

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I just add RC.40/I to RC.40/XI and RC.50 with its designations.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I Just add from RC.60 to RC.103.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I just add from RC.110 to RC.2000,and non-standard Projects.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is the list for Air-Couzinet,it was taken prefix "AC",but turned to use prefix "RC" later;

AC.01 was postal transport low-wing monoplane Project,powered
by two engines,led to develop the AC.10,1936/37
AC.10 was a postal transport low-wing monoplane,powered by two
720 hp Hispano 9V engines,1937
AC.10 B4 was a four-seat heavy bomber Project,a version of AC.10,
but powered by four 720 hp Hispano 9V engines,1937
AC.11 was a longer fuselage version of AC.10,powered by two 140 hp Renault Pei engines,1938
AC.12 ------?
AC.13 was a three engined version of AC.10,Project of 1938
AC.18 was a large flying boat Project,powered by eight engines,1938
AC.20 was a four-seat low-wing heavy day bomber monoplane Project,powered by four 720 hp Hispano 12 Xirs engines,1939
AC.20/II was a version of AC.20,but with reduce capacity of machine gun,and powered by four Menasco Buccaneer engines,Project of 1939
AC.21 was a VIP transport version of AC.20,powered also by the same engines,Project of 1939
AC.30 maybe it was a huge or very large flying boat Project,had a
600 ton weight and multi engines could have a total powerful of
150,000 hp,need confirm
AC.40 was a touring and light transport low-wing monoplane Project,
maybe developed from AC.10,done in Brasil
AC.50 was a 31-passenger low-wing transport monoplane Project,
powered by four 1470 hp P&W Wasp engines,based on AC.21,1939
AC.60 maybe it was a very large transatlantic flying boat Project,
3X900,a 900 ton weight,a 900 passenger and a 900 km/h,need confirm
AC.70 maybe it was a Beija-Flor amphibian tourist aircraft Project,1940 ?,need confirm
AC.80 maybe it was a 30-passenger transatlantic seaplane Project,
powered by four P&W Twin Wasp engines,need confirm
AC.90 maybe it was a 50-passenger canard flying boat high-wing monoplane Project,had a 54 ton weight,intended for high seas,powered
by five engines,two engines in tractor and three in pusher configurations,need confirm
AC.100 maybe it was a twin engined transport monoplane Project,
had a wing span of 17.10m,and powered by two P&W engines,called Hirondelle I,need confirm
AC.101 was a version of AC.10,intended for trainer crew,powered
by two 410 hp Gnome-Rhone 7 Kfs engines,Project
AC.102 was a version of AC.10,powered by two 940 hp Hispano
14 Aa engines,Project
AC.103 was a version of AC.10 for south transatlantic duty,Project
AC.110 maybe it was a military version of AC.100,called Hirondelle II,powered by four 645 hp Renault 6Q engines,Project,need confirm
AC.120 maybe it was a transport monoplane Project,powered by four engines,need confirm
AC.121 was a version of AC.246,transport aircraft Project,powered
by two 1120 hp Hispano 14 Aa engines,intended for south transatlantic
duty
AC.130 was a three engined high-wing amphibian monoplane Project
AC.140 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic postal flying boat
Project of 1944,need confirm
AC.150 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic postal seaplane
Project of 1944,need confirm
AC.160 maybe it was a two-seat seaplane Project of 1944,need confirm
AC.170 maybe it was a four-seat- seaplane Project of 1944,need confirm
AC.180 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic/I of 1945,Project,need
confirm
AC.190 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic/II of 1945,Project.need
confirm
AC.200 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic/III of 1945,Project.need
confirm
AC.210 maybe it was a four engined transatlantic/IV of 1945,Project.need
confirm
AC.220 ------?
AC.224 was a version of AC.10,intended as a bomber and observation aircraft Project,powered by two 265 hp Salmson AC-6 engines
AC.225 was a version of AC.10,as executive transport aircraft Project,powered by three 190 hp Walter Castor engines
AC.230 & AC.231 ------?
AC.232 was a military crew trainer version of AC.11,powered by two
120 hp Gipsy IV Major engines,Project
AC.232bis was the same as AC.232,but powered by two 185 hp
Gipsy IV engines,Project
AC.233 was a liaison version of AC.11,powered by three 90 hp
Regnier 4A engines,Project
AC.240 ------?
AC.246 was a south transatlantic aircraft,based on AC.10,never completed,powered by three 720 hp Hispano 9V engines,or 940 hp
Hispano 14 Aa engines
AC.250 & AC.251 ------?
AC.252 was a instruction version developed from AC.101
AC.260 & RC.261 were a high-wing four engined flying boat monoplane Projects,powered by four engines,and intended for south transatlantic
duty
RC.270 to RC.350 ------?
RC.360 was VTOL flying saucer aircraft Project,with contra-rotating propellers,powered by three engines
RC.360/II was the same as RC.360,but powered by six 180 hp engines
and one Marcel Dassault Viper turbojet engine

Non-standard aircraft;

AC-M was a smaller version of AC.10,powered by two Walter Castor engines,Project
AC-C was a recce seaplane version of AC.10, powered only by one
Hispano 14 Ha engine,Project

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1965.

 

[hesham]

I add four speculative designations until get confirm,

they are AC.140,AC.150,AC.160 & AC.170,the source is;

Les gadz'arts

 

[hesham]

From Aerphile,

I can't ID this Project in the list ?.

 

[Apophenia]

No ID but ...

"Stratosphere Flying

A recent cable message from Paris states that M. Rene Couzinet, a leading aeroplane constructor, has submitted to the Air Ministry plans for an aeroplane with a hermetically sealed cabin designed to reach an altitude of 36,000 feet, and having a speed of 250 miles an hour. M. Couzinet says that the machine will fly to New York from Paris in 16 hours, and will represent an important advance towards flights in the stratosphere. The Hispano Suiza firm has designed the engines."

Northern Times, Carnarvon, Western Australia, Wed 7 Feb 1934, Page 6

Aviation Notes - Stratosphere Flying. - Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952) - 7 Feb 1934

A recent cable message from Paris states that M. Rene Couzinet, a leading, aeroplane constructor, has submitted to the Air Ministry plans for an ...

trove.nla.gov.au

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I can't ID what was this ?.

 

[Aubi]

Same machine as mentioned by Apophnia here: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/couzinet-air-couzinet-aircraft-list.31649/#post-427918
Stratospheric airplane that could travel from Paris to New York in 17 (or 16) hours, NOT powered by rocket engines but by Hispano-Suiza engines with turbocompressors.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

there was a four different concepts to a four engined transatlantic
airplane Projects,1945,with various kind of engines,maybe they took
designations; AC.180,AC.190.AC.200 & AC.210,I add them,but need
confirm of course.

TU magazine