C.230
C.232 partly visible in a background, during the Challenge 1930 competition
Role	Touring Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Caudron
Designer	Paul Deville
First flight	1930
Number built	15
Variants	Caudron C.270

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.^[1]

Fifteen examples were produced before the much improved and very successful Caudron C.270 Luciole series appeared.^[1]

Variants

Data from:^[1]

• 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)

Data from Aviafrance,^[1] Flight,^[2] All-Aero^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 50 kg (110 lb) luggage
• Length: 7.87 m (25 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 24 m² (260 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
• Gross weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 85 L (22.5 US gal; 18.7 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pb 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled inline piston engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
• Cruise speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
• Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
• Endurance: 4 hours
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 4,300 m (14,100 ft) in 1 hour