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Caudron C.690

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C.690
Role Fighter trainer
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer Marcel Riffard
First flight 18 February 1936
Number built 19

The Caudron C.690 was a single-seat training aircraft developed in France in the late 1930s to train fighter pilots to handle high-performance aircraft. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane that bore a strong resemblance to designer Marcel Riffard's racer designs of the same period. Caudron attempted to attract overseas sales for the aircraft, but this resulted in orders for only two machines - one from Japan, and the other from the USSR. In the meantime, the first of two prototypes was destroyed in a crash that killed René Paulhan, Caudron's chief test pilot.

Despite this, the Armée de l'Air eventually showed interest in the type, and ordered a batch of a slightly refined design. The first of these was not delivered until April 1939, and only 15 C.690Ms were supplied before the outbreak of war.

Variants

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C.690
Single-seat fighter trainer aircraft. Four aircraft built.
C.690M
Slightly refined version for the Armee de l'Air. Only 15 aircraft were built.

Operators

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 France
 Japan
 Soviet Union

Specifications (C.690M)

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Caudron C.690

Data from Les Caudron-Renault d'Entrainement[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Length: 7.96 m (26 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 9.0 m2 (97 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 747 kg (1,647 lb)
  • Gross weight: 980 kg (2,161 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Renault 6Q-05 , 160 kW (220 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 370 km/h (230 mph, 200 kn)
  • Stall speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)
  • Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,800 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 10.5 m/s (2,070 ft/min)

See also

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Related lists

References

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  1. ^ Mihaly March 1978, p. 22

Bibliography

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  • Cony, Christophe (December 2000). "Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690" [A Pure-blooded Trainer for the French Air Force]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (93): 19–24. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Cony, Christophe (January 2001). "Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690". Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (94): 17–22. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (November 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (104): 37–43. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Mihaly, Edouard (January 1978). "Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 1" [Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part One]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (98): 8–13. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Mihaly, Edouard (February 1978). "Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 2" [Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part Two]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (99): 10–13. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Mihaly, Edouard (March 1978). "Les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment (3)". Le Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French). No. 100. pp. 20–24.

Further reading

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  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 240.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 891 Sheet 16.