Caudron C.510 Pélican

The Caudron C.510 Pélican was a 1930s French air ambulance or touring monoplane. Designed and built by Caudron and based on the earlier Caudron C.282/8.

Caudron C.510 Pélican
French nurses with a C.510, in 1936.
Role	Air ambulance or touring monoplane
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Caudron
First flight	1934
Number built	62
Developed from	C.282/8

Development

To create room for a stretcher and attendant the earlier Caudron C.282/8 design was modified with a lengthened fuselage, an improved wing and tailplane design. A single-engined high-wing monoplane, the Pélican had a conventional landing gear. As a touring aircraft the Pélican could carry three passengers and a total of 62 were built as both air ambulances and tourers.

Operators

Belgian Congo

• Force Publique

France

• French Air Force

Specifications (Ambulance)

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 2 (Stretcher and attendant)
• Length: 8.52 m (27 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 11.82 m (38 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 23.75 m² (255.6 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 626 kg (1,380 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,140 kg (2,513 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pei Bengali Junior inline piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
• Cruise speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)

Bibliography

• Hauet, André (November 2001). "Courrier des Lecteurs" [Readers' Letters]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (104): 2. ISSN 1243-8650.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.