page_title: Caudron C.690
section_title: Specifications (C.690M)
hierarchical_section_title: Caudron C.690 / Specifications (C.690M)
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Rzuty samolotu Caudron C.690
context_page_description: The Caudron C.690 was single-seat training aircraft developed in France in the late 1930s to train fighter pilots to handle high-performance aircraft. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane that bore a strong resemblance to designer Marcel Riffard's racer designs of the same period. Caudron attempted to attract overseas sales for the aircraft, but this resulted in orders for only two machines - one from Japan, and the other from the USSR. In the meantime, the first of two prototypes was destroyed in a crash that killed René Paulhan, Caudron's chief test pilot.
  Despite this, the Armée de l'Air eventually showed interest in the type, and ordered a batch of a slightly refined design. The first of these was not delivered until April 1939, and only 15 C.690Ms were supplied before the outbreak of war.
context_section_description: General characteristics
  Crew: One pilot
  Length: 7.82 m (25 ft 8 in)
  Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
  Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
  Wing area: 9.0 m² (97 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 672 kg (1,482 lb)
  Gross weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
  Powerplant: 1 × Renault 6Q-05 , 164 kW (220 hp)
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 370 km/h (230 mph, 200 kn)
  Range: 1,100 km (684 mi, 594 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,825 ft)
  Rate of climb: 11 m/s (2,165 ft/min)
caption: Caudron C.690
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