C.230
C.232 partly visible in a background, during the Challenge 1930 competition
Role Touring
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer Paul Deville
First flight 1930
Number built 15
Variants Caudron C.270

The Caudron C.230 was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in 1930. It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. It featured a wooden fuselage with plywood skin.[1]

Fifteen examples were produced before the much improved and very successful Caudron C.270 Luciole series appeared.[1]

Variants

Data from:[1]

  • C.230 - first production version with Salmson 7Ac radial engine (15 built)
  • C.232 - version with Renault 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)

Specifications (C.232)

Data from Aviafrance,[1] Flight,[2] All-Aero[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 50 kg (110 lb) luggage
  • Length: 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 propeller

Performance

  • 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 hours
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 4,300 m (14,100 ft) in 1 hour

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Parmentier, Bruno (12 November 2017). "Caudron C.232". aviafrance.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "THE CAUDRON C.232: A French Light 'Plane to be Marketed in Great Britain". Flight. XXII No.40 (1136): 1102. 3 October 1930. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Caudron C.230 / C.232 / C.233 / C.235". all-aero.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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