C.690
General information
Type	Fighter trainer
Manufacturer	Caudron
Designer	Marcel Riffard
Number built	19
History
First flight	18 February1936

TheCaudron C.690 was a single-seattraining aircraft developed inFrance in the late 1930s to trainfighter pilots to handle high-performance aircraft. It was a conventional low-wingcantilevermonoplane that bore a strong resemblance to designerMarcel Riffard'sracer designs of the same period. Caudron attempted to attract overseas sales for the aircraft, but this resulted in orders for only two machines - one fromJapan, and the other from theUSSR. In the meantime, the first of twoprototypes was destroyed in a crash that killed René Paulhan, Caudron's chief test pilot.

Despite this, theArmée 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 15C.690Ms were supplied before the outbreak ofwar.

C.690

Single-seat fighter trainer aircraft. Four aircraft built.

C.690M

Slightly refined version for theArmee de l'Air. Only 15 aircraft were built.

 France

• Armee de l'Air

 Japan

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

 Soviet Union

• soviet Air Force - One aircraft only.

Data from Les Caudron-Renault d'Entrainement^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Length: 7.96 m (26 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 9.0 m² (97 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 747 kg (1,647 lb)
• Gross weight: 980 kg (2,161 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 ×Renault 6Q-05 , 160 kW (220 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 370 km/h (230 mph, 200 kn)
• Stall speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)
• Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.5 m/s (2,070 ft/min)

Related lists

• List of Interwar military aircraft

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• Cony, Christophe (January 2001). "Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690".Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (94):17–22.ISSN 1243-8650.
• Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (November 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941].Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (104):37–43.ISSN 1243-8650.
• Mihaly, Edouard (January 1978). "Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 1" [Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part One].Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (98):8–13.ISSN 0757-4169.
• Mihaly, Edouard (February 1978). "Montures pour apprentis chasseurs... les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment, partie 2" [Mounts for Trainee Fighters... the Caudron-Renault Trainers, Part Two].Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (99):10–13.ISSN 0757-4169.
• Mihaly, Edouard (March 1978). "Les Caudron-Renault d'entrainment (3)".Le Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French). No. 100. pp. 20–24.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toCaudron C.690.

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 240.
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 891 Sheet 16.

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