Caudron Simoun
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| Preserved C.630 at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace. | |
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| Manufacturer | Caudron |
| Designer | Marcel Riffard |
| First flight | 1934 |
| Introduction | 1935 |
| Produced | 1930s |
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The Caudron Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane. It was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu, flew record-setting long-range flights, and was also used as a liaison aircraft by the Armée de l'Air during World War II.
Variants
- C.500 Simoun I
- Experimental, one built.
- C.520 Simoun
- Experimental, one built.
- C.620 Simoun IV
- Experimental, one built.
- C.630 Simoun
- Initial production version with Renault Bengali 6Pri engine, 20 built.
- C.631 Simoun
- Modified version with a Renault 6Q-01 engine, three built.
- C.632 Simoun
- Similar to C.631, one built.
- C.633 Simoun
- Modified fuselage with a Renault 6Q-07 engine, 6 built.
- C.634 Simoun
- Modified wing and take-off weight with either a Renault 6Q-01 or Renault 6Q-09 engine, 3 built.
- C.635 Simoun
- Improved cabin layout and either a Renault 6Q-01 or Renault 6Q-09 engine, 46 built and conversions from earlier versions.
- C.635M Simoun
- Military version with either a Renault 6Q-09 or Renault 6Q-19 engine, 489 built.
Operators
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Specifications (C.630)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1-2: pilot and (optional) co-pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 10.4 m (34 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 16 m² (170 ft²)
- Empty weight: 755 kg (1,660 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,380 kg (3,040 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Renault 6Q-09 six-cylinder inverted inline engine air-cooled piston engine, 220 hp (160 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 300 km/h (160 knots, 190 mph)
- Range: 1,500 km (810 nm, 930 mi)
- Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
See also
- Related lists
Notes
- ↑ Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935-1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.11.
References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caudron Simoun. |
- Century of Flight - Caudron C.630 Simoun Sandstorm
- WebSite for l'Association Renaissance du Caudron Simoun
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