Caudron Typhon

what is it?

The Caudron C.640 Typhon was a 1930s French high-speed single-seat monoplane utility aircraft built by Caudron-Renault.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 400 km/htop speed
• range 3,725 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,400 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,725 km: 21× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935

introduced

1935

number built

10

role

high-speed mailplane

origin

🇫🇷 France

engines

2× Renault 6Q

crew

2

length

11 m

wingspan

11.5 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

3,400 kg

top speed

400 km/h

cruise speed

370 km/h

range

3,725 km

ceiling

7,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.