Caudron 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
RoleHigh-Speed Mailplane
Manufacturer Caudron-Renault
DesignerGeorges Otfinovsky/Marcel Riffard
First flight1935
Introduction1935
Number built10

The Caudron C.640 Typhon was a 1930s French high-speed single-seat monoplane utility aircraft built by Caudron-Renault.

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History

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.

Variants

Operators

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Specifications (C.640)

Data from Aviafrance : Caudron C.640 'Typhon' [3]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

Notes
  1. Mihaly & Robinson 1993, pp. 12–13.
  2. Mihaly & Robinson 1993, p. 14.
  3. Parmentier, Bruno (1 October 2017). "Caudron C.640 'Typhon'". Aviafrance (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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