Caudron C.230
C.230 | |
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C.232 partly visible in a background, during the Challenge 1930 competition | |
Role | Touring Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Caudron |
Designer | Paul Deville |
First flight | 1930 |
Number built | 15 |
Variants | Caudron C.270 |
The Caudron C.230 was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in 1930. It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. It featured a wooden fuselage with plywood skin.[1]
Fifteen examples were produced before the much improved and very successful Caudron C.270 Luciole series appeared.[1]
Variants
Data from:[1]
- C.230 - first production version with Salmson 7Ac radial engine (15 built)
- C.232 - version with Renault 4Pb engine (50 built)
- C.232/2 - as C.232 with wheel brakes (3 built)
- C.232/4 - as C.232/2 with improved equipment (7 built)
- C.233 - prototype for testing of Michel AM-16 engine, later re-engined with Salmson 7Ac, reverting to C.230 designation. (1 built)
- C.235 - version with Argus As 8R engine for French Air Ministry (Ministere de l'Air) tests (1 built)
Specifications (C.232)
Data from Aviafrance,[1] Flight,[2] All-Aero[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 50 kg (110 lb) luggage
- Length: 7.87 m (25 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 24 m2 (260 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
- Gross weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 85 L (22.5 US gal; 18.7 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pb 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled inline piston engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
- Cruise speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
- Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
- Endurance: 4 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 4,300 m (14,100 ft) in 1 hour
References
- ^ a b c d Parmentier, Bruno (12 November 2017). "Caudron C.232". aviafrance.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "THE CAUDRON C.232: A French Light 'Plane to be Marketed in Great Britain". Flight. XXII No.40 (1136): 1102. 3 October 1930. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Caudron C.230 / C.232 / C.233 / C.235". all-aero.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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