TheCaudron C.230 was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced inFrance in 1930. It was a conventional biplane withsingle-bay , unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem opencockpits . It featured a wooden fuselage with plywood skin.[ 1]
Fifteen examples were produced before the much improved and very successfulCaudron C.270 Luciole series appeared.[ 1]
Data from: [ 1]
C.230 - first production version with Salmson 7Ac radial engine (15 built)C.232 - version withRenault 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)[ edit ] Data from Aviafrance,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
General characteristics
Crew: 2Capacity: 50 kg (110 lb) luggageLength: 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 propellerPerformance
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 hoursService ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)Time to altitude: 4,300 m (14,100 ft) in 1 hour
Letter designators & Early Gaston Caudron (G) types René Caudron (R) types Numerical Designations Messerschmitt-Caudron Names
