User:TheLongTone/Caudron C.430
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| Hélène Boucher in front of her Rafale | |
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! Role
| Sports aircraft
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! National origin
| France
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! Manufacturer
| Caudron
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! First flight | 22 May 1934 |-
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The Caudron C.430 Rafale was a 1930s French two-seat sports aircraft developed from the single-seat Caudron C.360.
Design
[edit]The Rafale was a low-wing cantilever monoplane constructed of wood with a fixed undercarriage and split trailing-edge flaps. It was powered by a high-compression version of the Renault Bengali inverted four-cylinder inline air-cooled engine. A single-seat version was also produced, the C.430/1. This was built to compete for the 1934-5 Michelin Cup .[1]
Operational history
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On March 31 1934, flown by Raymond Delmotte accompanied by a mechanic, set a world record for two-seat aircraft weighing less than 560 kg (1,230 lb), covering the course of 100 km (62.5 mil) in 20 min 22 sec, an average speed of 292 km/hr (181.4 mph). [2]
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6553677b/f36.image.r=Coupe%20Michelin
On July 8 Rafaels won the first three places in the Angers 12-hour competition: Yves Lacombe was the
winner, flying 2,905 km (1,805 mi) in the time. Hélène Boucher was second with 1,765
147 m.p.h., and third Arnoux, who covered 1,745 145 m.p.h.,
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1934/1934%20-%200741.html?search=helene%20Boucher%7Ctitle Les Douze Heures d'Angers|date=19 July 1934|page=743}}</ref>
Capt Puget won Coupe Zenith, for a circuit Orly—Poitiers—Bordeaux—Carcassonne—Nîmes—Lyons—Orly completed in 6h 5m 9s Six Rafaels were entered in the Grand Prix at Deauvillehttp://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65536832/f40.image.r=rafale|le Coupe Zenith 1934|date=October 1934 |page=310
On 11 August Maurice Arnoux and Gaston Brabant flew a Rafale to establish a new light aircraft record for a distance of 1,000 kilometres (621 mi), completing the distance at a speed of 268.49 km/h (166.83 mph)>: on 19 August 1934 Capt. Puget and Lieut. Montignat, also flying a Rafale broke this record covering the distance in 3h 35m 2s, a speed of 278.99 km/h (173.36 mph). 25 August broke the record for 100km 292.16[3]
Also flown with success in the 1935 AeCF Grand Prix, Maurice Arnoux winning second overall and other examples winning both first and second places in the individual stages. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554758n/f44.image http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554758n/f11.image.r=Rafale Arnoux also won the 1935 Michelin Cup, completing the 2,902 km (1,803 mi) course in 10h 7m, a speed of 286.85 km/h (178.24 mph). [4]
5, multiplaces, battu par M. Maurice Arnoux et Mlle Gracieuse Lallus, passagère, le 14 novembre 1937, sur appareil Caudron « Rafale », moteur Renault Bengali de 140 CV, sur le circuit : ChartresEtampes-Boncé5, monoplace, battu par M. Maurice Arnoux, le 13 novembre 1937, sur appareil Caudron « Rafale », moteur Renault Bengali 140 CV, sur le circuit : ChartresEtampes-Boncé http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6555153t.image.r=arnoux
30 Dec 1937 Henry Boris, rafale aicraft with engine beteen 4 &6 litres 309.347 over 1000 km and 295.896 over 2000.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65551562/f56.image. Also a couple of Arnou records in C.686, not calles a Rafale.
Variants
[edit]Caudron produced a number of similar aircraft called Rafale:
- C.530 http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9841&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=
- C.530 http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9843&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=
- C.560 (F-ANAK) http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=4490
- C.685 http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=11921...I assume the engine power is wrong!
- [[Caudron C.660 http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9843&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=
Rafale II, with a larger engine http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65551636/f41.image.r=arnoux
- C.690, 220hp 6 cyl, 15 supplied to Armee de l'Air.http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=384&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=
- C.720 150hp 4-cyl
Fighter trainers, equipped with a gunsight and camera gun.[5]
Survivors
[edit]An example is preserved in the collection of the musée régional de l'air of Angers-Marcé
Specifications
[edit]General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1
- Length: 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 9.22 m (30 ft 3 in)
- Powerplant: 1 × Renault Bengali inverted 4-cylinder inline air-cooled piston engine, 110 kW (150 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Ratier
Performance
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1935/1935%20-%201071.html
- ^ "A New Light Plane Record". Flight: 359.
{{cite journal}}: Text "12 April 1934" ignored (help) - ^ "Records". l'Aérophile: 265. September 1934.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ l'Aérophile: 341. November 1935 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65547614/f41.image.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Text "title La Coupe Michelin" ignored (help) - ^ {{cite journal|journal=Flight|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%203187.html?search=rafale |title= Training ||date=19 November 1936 |page= 548 ))