Caudron C.190

The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s. The only variant of the C.190 family (C.190/191/192/193) to be built in series was the C.193.

C.190/191/192/193
C.193
Role sports plane
Manufacturer Caudron
First flight 1929

Operational history

Information in publications is vague, but at least six C.193s were produced (reg. F-AJHG, F-AJOB, F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI, F-AJSJ) and one Salmson-powered C.192 (F-AJHF). One aircraft, C.193 F-AJSI, was sold to Great Britain in 1930 and registered as G-ABFX, but returned to France in 1931 to be registered as F-ALLJ.[1]

In 1929, aircraft F-AJHF and F-AJHG participated in the Challenge 1929 international touring plane contest, and one of them completed it in 28th place, flown by Raymond Delmotte[2]

In 1930, three C.193s participated in the Challenge 1930 international touring plane contest (F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI), Maurice Finat completing it in 17th place and François Arrachart in 24th place.

Variants
C.193 (on the left, the other is PWS-51) during the Challenge 1930
  • C.190 - first variant, with 80 hp (58.8 kW) Renault straight engine
  • C.191 - variant with 95 hp (69.8 kW) Salmson 7AC radial engine
  • C.192 - variant with 95 hp (69.8 kW) Salmson 7AC radial engine
  • C.193 - series variant, with 98 hp (72 kW) Renault 4Pb straight engine

Specifications (C.193)
Caudron C.190 3-view drawing from Aero Digest December 1929

Data from Krzyżan, M. 1988

General characteristics

  • Length: 7.48 m (24 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 13.6 m2 (146 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 440 kg (970 lb)
  • Gross weight: 760 kg (1,676 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pb 4-cyl inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 72 kW (97 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
  • Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)

References
  1. Registry at Golden Years of Aviation Archived April 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine and Aviafrance
  2. There is inconsistency in M. Krzyżan Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze..., for F-AJHF is named there C.190, and F-AJHG - C.191, while it is clear from a photo, that F-AJHG was a variant with an inline engine. It is also inconsistent with a data from the French registry. Hence, both aircraft might have been mixed in a book, and F-AJHG might have been later rebuilt to C.193, as appears in the registry. A Salmson-powered variant C.192 F-AJHF might have been rebuilt from C.191 as well, what would explain lack of C.190 and C.191 in the registry.

Bibliography
  • Cortet, Pierre (August 2000). "Rétros du Mois" [Retros of the Month]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (89): 4. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Marian Krzyżan: Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934, Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 (in Polish)
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