Caudron J Marine
The Caudron J Marine was an amphibious, two-seat biplane equipped with floats and wheels. It was similar to the earlier Caudron J floatplane.
Design
The Caudron J was essentially a seaplane version of the two-seat Caudron G and single-seat Caudron F. The F, G, and J all followed a similar layout with 2½-bay biplane wings, a tail unit with a single fin and rudder, supported on struts attached to the wings at the first inter-plane struts and a central fuselage nacelle housing the cockpit and mounting the tractor engine. Two main floats were strut-supported under the wings and a small tail-float was attached to the tail unit. A Anzani 10-cylinder radial engine powered the plane.Operational history
The French Navy used the three production Caudron J Marine aircraft for reconnaissance and artillery observation. On 8 May 1914, René Caudron flew the second example from a wooden platform erected over a gun turret, on the French Navy seaplane carrier. The first example was powered by a Gnome 9 Delta rotary engine and the other two by Gnome 7 Lambda rotary engines.Variants
;Caudron J:The initial 1913 version of the Caudron floatplane with span and Anzani 10-cyl radial. Winner of the Deauville contest in August 1913.;Caudron J Marine: 1914 production version of the Type J, with three examples purchased by the French Navy