Caudron C.60
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| C.60 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Training aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Caudron |
| Primary users | French Air Force Finnish Air Force Latvian Air Force Venezuelan Air Force |
| Developed from | Caudron C.59 |
Caudron C.60 was a French, two-seated, biplane with a single engine and a canvas-covered fuselage. The french aircraft manufacturer Caudron developed this aircraft from the Caudron C.59. It was mainly used as a trainer aircraft.
The Caudron C.60 was used in France, Finland, Latvia, and in Venezuela.
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[edit] Use in Finland
The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Caudron C.60s from France in 1923. A further 34 aircraft were licence built in Finland between 1927-1928. The Finnish Air Force had a total of 64 64 Caudron C.60s. The French-manufactured aircraft carried the codes 1E20 - 1E30 and 1F31 - 1F49, and later CA-20 - CA-9. The Finnish-manufactured ones carried the codes CA-61 - CA-94.
The aircraft was in use between 1923-1936.
[edit] Museum aircraft
The Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa has one of the Finnish-manufactured C.60s (CA-84)
[edit] Specifications (C.60)
Data from Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.50 m (ft in)
- Wingspan: 10.24 m (ft in)
- Height: 2.60 m (ft in)
- Wing area: 26.00 m² (ft²)
- Empty weight: 505 kg (lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 862 kg (lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Clerget 9B radial, kW (130 hp)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (knots, mph)
- Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: km (nm, mi, 5 h)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
[edit] Sources
- Kalevi Keskinen, Kyösti Partonen, Kari Stenman, Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
- Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman, Klaus Niska, Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939, Tietoteos, 1976.
