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Aircraft and configuration
The Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel has three piston engines and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Restauravia describes its flight model as approximate, with historical questions still unresolved. The cockpit checklist includes pitch trim; two flight-controller-labelled instruments display turn and slip.
Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel
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The Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel has three piston engines and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Restauravia describes its flight model as approximate, with historical questions still unresolved. The cockpit checklist includes pitch trim; two flight-controller-labelled instruments display turn and slip.
History & design
Across the South Atlantic
The Arc-en-Ciel was built to demonstrate a landplane route between Europe and South America. Rene Couzinet developed a long-range three-engine aircraft whose purpose was carrying mail across the ocean, rather than operating from coastal waters like the competing flying boats.
Restauravia dates Jean Mermoz's Saint-Louis-to-Natal crossing to 16 January 1933, taking 14 hours 24 minutes. Its account follows the aircraft through eight postal crossings to October 1934. The programme did not lead to series production; the aircraft was auctioned in 1937.
Restauravia · XPLANE – RESTAURAVIA ↗Developer historical account; the 70/71 development family is distinguished from a production fleet.
Systems & details
Controls and equipment
The manual lists 236 km/h for cruise/evolution and 320 km/h for VNE. These are the manual's speed descriptions, with their original units.
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Controls and equipmentCouzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel
The manual lists 236 km/h for cruise/evolution and 320 km/h for VNE. These are the manual's speed descriptions, with their original units.
Arc-en-Ciel notice · pages 3 and 11–15
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Simulator documentation
Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel — simulator documentationrestauravia.fr · Arc-en-Ciel notice · pages 3 and 11–15Aircraft documentation
XPLANE – RESTAURAVIARestauravia · Restauravia aircraft catalogue, Couzinet Arc-en-Ciel section. The dated crossing narrative supersedes the 1932 date printed in the older package notice.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
Restauravia Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel
Restauravia · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A three-engine aircraft represented by Restauravia's Arc-en-Ciel simulation.
Couzinet 71 Arc-en-Ciel
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A three-engine aircraft represented by Restauravia's Arc-en-Ciel simulation.
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