Caudron C.690

C.690
Role	Fighter trainer
Manufacturer	Caudron
Designer	Marcel Riffard
First flight	18 February 1936
Number built	19

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 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[]

 France

• Armee de l'Air

 Japan

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

 Soviet Union

• soviet Air Force - One aircraft only.

Specifications (C.690M)[]

Caudron C.690

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Length: 7.82 m (25 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
• Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 9.0 m² (97 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 672 kg (1,482 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 6Q-05 , 164 kW (220 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 370 km/h (230 mph, 200 kn)
• Range: 1,100 km (684 mi, 594 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,825 ft)
• Rate of climb: 11 m/s (2,165 ft/min)

See also[]

Related lists

• List of Interwar military aircraft

References[]

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Bibliography[]

• Cony, Christophe (December 2000). "Un pur-sang d'entraînement pour l'Armée de l'Air: Le Caudron C.690" [A Pure-blooded Trainer for the French Air Force]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (93): 19–24. ISSN 1243-8650.
• 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.

Further reading[]

• 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.