Caudron C.230

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Parmentier, Bruno (12 November 2017). "Caudron C.232". aviafrance.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Caudron C.230 / C.232 / C.233 / C.235". all-aero.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

External links

All-Aero C.230

[aviafrancec232-1] Parmentier, Bruno (12 November 2017). "Caudron C.232". aviafrance.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2018.

[Flight031030p1102-2] "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.

[all-aero-3] "Caudron C.230 / C.232 / C.233 / C.235". all-aero.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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