Caudron C.690

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name=C.690


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type=Fighter trainer
manufacturer=Caudron
designer=Marcel Riffard
first flight=1936
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number built=19
variants with their own articles=The Caudron C.690 was 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 fifteen C.690Ms were supplied before the outbreak of war.

Variants

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

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*Armee de l'Air;JPN
* One aircraft only.;USSR
* One aircraft only.

pecifications (C.690M)

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crew=One pilot
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length m=7.82
length ft=25
length in=8
span m=7.70
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height m=2.60
height ft=8
height in=6
wing area sqm=9.0
wing area sqft=97
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empty weight kg=672
empty weight lb=1,482
gross weight kg=1,050
gross weight lb=2,315
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eng1 type=Renault 6Q-05
eng1 kw= 164
eng1 hp= 220
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max speed kmh=370
max speed mph=230
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range km=1,100
range miles=684
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ceiling m=9,700
ceiling ft=31,825
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climb rate ms=11
climb rate ftmin=2,165
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sequence= ← C.660 - C.670 - C.680 - C.690 - C.710 - C.720 - C.760 →

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