Typhon | |
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![]() C.641 Typhon (high-speed version) With a view to attacking a number of long distance records, including that for 5,000 km, the French pilot Rossi testing his Renault - engined Caudron Typhon at Istres aerodrome.- flight magazine - 1937 | |
General information | |
Type | High-Speed Mailplane |
Manufacturer | Caudron-Renault |
Designer | Georges Otfinovsky/Marcel Riffard |
Number built | 10 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1935 |
First flight | 1935 |
The Caudron C.640 Typhon was a 1930s French high-speed single-seat monoplane utility aircraft built by Caudron-Renault.
Similar in concept to the de Havilland DH.88 Comet the Typhon (en: Typhoon) was designed by Georges Otfinovsky and Marcel Riffard for use on long-range postal routes. [1] The first aircraft first flew on 17 June 1935. [2] The aircraft was a twin-engined low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction. Seven C.640s were built. The Typhon established 5000 km speed records. It was not a success in operation as its flexible wings experienced buffeting and vibration problems.
Data from Aviafrance : Caudron C.640 'Typhon' [3]
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