The Caudron C.640 Typhon was a 1930s French high-speed single-seat monoplane utility aircraft built by Caudron-Renault.
Typhon
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
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.
Variantsedit
C.640 Typhon - production model with Renault 6Q engines, 7 built.
C.641 Typhon - record breaking version with raised canopy and increased fuel capacity, 2 built.
C.670 Typhon - prototype high-speed bomber version with a crew of three, similar to the C.640 but with increased dimensions and weights, one built.
^Parmentier, Bruno (1 October 2017). "Caudron C.640 'Typhon'". Aviafrance (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2019.
Mihaly, Edouard; Robinson, Harry (March 1993). "Les Caudron-Renault "Typhon"". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 280. pp. 12–26.
Further readingedit
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Grey, C.G.; Bridgman, Leonard, eds. (1937). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1937. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 123c–124c.
External linksedit
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January 01, 1970
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