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

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.

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

Variants

• 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)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1, pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 7.87 m (25 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 24.0 m² (258 ft²)
• Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
• Gross weight: 700 kg (1543 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pb, 71 kW (95 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (102.5 mph)
• Range: 500 km (311 miles)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,120 ft)

References

• aviafrance.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caudron C.232.

• The Caudron C.232. A French Light 'Plane to be Marketed in Great Britain, Flight, October 3, 1930