page_title: Caudron G.4
section_title: Specifications (G.4)
hierarchical_section_title: Caudron G.4 / Specifications (G.4)
caption_attribution_description: English: Caudron G.4 twin engine bomber drawing
context_page_description: The Caudron G.4 was a French biplane with twin engines, widely used during World War I as a bomber. It was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as an improvement over their single-engined Caudron G.3. The aircraft employed wing warping for banking. The first G.4 was built in 1915, and it was manufactured in France, England and Italy. It was the world's first twin engines aircraft to be widely used from march 1915.
  The Caudron G.4 was used as a reconnaissance bomber against the German Empire. Later, when Germany developed a fighter force, the aircraft was used for night bombing.
  The G.4 was in use in Belgium, France, Finland, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
context_section_description: Data from Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2 (pilot and observer/gunner)
  Length: 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in)
  Wingspan: 17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)
  Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
  Wing area: 38 m² (410 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 733 kg (1,616 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 1,180 kg (2,601 lb)
  Powerplant:  × Le Rhône 9C 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engines, 60 kW (80 hp)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 124 km/h (77 mph, 67 kn)
  Endurance: 3½ hours
  Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  Armament
  Guns: 1 × machine gun
  Bombs: 113 kg (250 lb) of bombs
caption: Caudron G.4 drawing
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