Caudron C.690

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{{Infobox aircraft

|name=C.690

|image=Caudron C.690 photo L'Aerophile August 1937.jpg

|caption=

|type=Fighter trainer

|manufacturer=Caudron

|designer=Marcel Riffard

|first_flight=18 February 1936

|introduction=

|retired=

|status=

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|produced=

|number_built=19

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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

;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

;{{FRA}}

Armee de l'Air

;{{JPN}}

Imperial Japanese Air Force - One aircraft only (KXC1) .

;{{USSR}}

soviet Air Force - One aircraft only.

Specifications (C.690M)

File:Caudron C.690 draft.png

{{Aircraft specs

|prime units? = met

|ref=Les Caudron-Renault d'EntrainementMihaly March 1978, p. 22

|crew=One pilot

|length m=7.96

|span m=7.70

|height m=

|height ft=

|height in=

|wing area sqm=9.0

|wing area sqft=

|empty weight kg=747

|empty weight lb=

|gross weight kg=980

|gross weight lb=

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Renault 6Q-05

|eng1 hp=220

|max speed kmh=370

|stall speed kmh=85

|range km=1100

|ceiling m=9700

|climb rate ms=10.5

}}

References

Bibliography

{{cite journal |last1=Cony|first1=Christophe|title=Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690 |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=December 2000 |issue=93 |pages=19–24 |trans-title=A Pure-blooded Trainer for the French Air Force |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
{{cite journal |last1=Cony|first1=Christophe|title=Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690 |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=January 2001 |issue=94 |pages=17–22 |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
{{cite journal |last1=Kotelnikov|first1=V.|last2=Kulikov|first2=V.|last3=Cony|first3=C.|name-list-style=amp |title=Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941 |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=November 2001 |issue=104 |pages=37–43 |trans-title=French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941 |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
{{cite journal |last1=Mihaly|first1=Edouard|title=Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 1|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=January 1978 |issue=98 |pages=8–13 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr |trans-title=Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part One}}
{{cite journal |last1=Mihaly|first1=Edouard|title=Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 2|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=February 1978 |issue=99 |pages=10–13 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr |trans-title=Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part Two}}
{{cite magazine|last1=Mihaly|first1=Edouard|title=Les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment (3)|journal=Le Fanatique de l'Aviation |date=March 1978 |issue=100 |pages=20–24 |language=fr }}