| Caudron C.220 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Trainer aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Caudron |
| Designer | Paul Deville |
| Number built | 2 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1929 |
TheCaudron C.220 was a two-seatFrenchbiplanetrainer. Only two were built, using different engines.
The Caudron C.220 basic trainer was asingle bay biplane with two pairs of parallelinterplane struts aided by wire bracing and two pairs of parallelcabane struts between the upper wing and the upperfuselagelongerons. The wings were rectangular in plan and of similarchord though the upper span was about 3% greater. The wings were built fromspruce andfabric covered.Ailerons were carried on the lower wing only.[1]
The C.220 was powered by a 71 kW (95 hp)Salmson 7AC seven cylinderradial engine driving a metal, two bladepropeller. One photograph shows the engine uncowled though the second aircraft, theC.221, which had a 75 kW (100 hp)Lorraine 5P five cylinder radial and was otherwise identical apart from using a different make of propeller, was recorded both with and without a narrow chordTownend ring type cowling. Behind the engine the fuselage was abox girder structure covered inplywood, though the upper decking was rounded. The forward of the two opentandemcockpits was placed between the wings at about mid-chord with the rear seat behind thetrailing edge. The C.220 had a triangularfin and anunbalanced rudder with straight, parallel side and rounded top and bottom. The horizontal tail was fixed to the upper fuselage longerons. There was a fixed,tail wheel undercarriage.[1]
The C.220 first flew in 1929.[1] In July 1931 it was successfully presented at the military testing centre atVillacoublay, along with two other intermediate trainer candidates, bothmonoplanes, the successfulHanriot LH.10 and theMorane-Saulnier MS.311.[2]
Data from Hauet (2001) pp.214-5[1]
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