Caudron Simoun

Infobox Aircraft
name =Simoun



caption=Preserved C.630 at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.
type =
manufacturer=Caudron
designer= Marcel Riffard
first flight=1934
introduced=1935
retired=
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produced=1930s
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variants with their own articles=The Caudron Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane. It was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu, flew record-setting long-range flights, and was also used as a liaison aircraft by the Armée de l'Air during World War II.

Variants

* C.500 Simoun I - experimental, one built.
* C.520 Simoun - experimental, one built.
* C.620 Simoun IV - experimental, one built.
* C.630 Simoun - initial production version with Renault Bengali 6Pri engine, 20 built.
* C.631 Simoun - modified version with a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 engine, three built.
* C.632 Simoun - similar to C.631, one built.
* C.633 Simoun - modified fuselage with a Renault Bengali 6Q-07 engine, 6 built.
* C.634 Simoun - modified wing and take-off weight with either a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 or Renault Bengali 6Q-09 engine, 3 built.
* C.635 Simoun - improved cabin layout and either a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 or Renault Bengali 6Q-09 engine, 46 built and conversions from earlier versions.
* C.635M Simoun - military version with either a Renault Bengali 6Q-09 or Renault Bengali 6Q-19 engine, 489 built.

Operators

;flag|France
*Air Bleu
*Armée de l'Air;flag|Germany|Nazi
*Luftwaffe;UK
*Royal Air Force
**No. 267 Squadron RAF;flag|United States
*United States Navy

pecifications (C.630)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

crew=1-2: pilot and (optional) co-pilot
capacity=2 passengers
length main=9.10 m
length alt=29 ft 10 in
span main=10.4 m
span alt=34 ft 2 in
height main=2.3 m
height alt=7 ft 7 in
area main=16 m²
area alt=170 ft²
empty weight main=755 kg
empty weight alt=1,660 lb
max takeoff weight main=1,380 kg
max takeoff weight alt=3,040 lb
engine (prop)=Renault Bengali 6Q-09 six-cylinder inline engine
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main=220 hp
power alt=160 kW
max speed main=300 km/h
max speed alt=160 knots, 190 mph
range main=1,500 km
range alt=810 nm, 930 mi
ceiling main=6,000 m
ceiling alt=20,000 ft
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External links

* [http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Caudron%20Sandstorm.htm Century of Flight - Caudron C.630 Simoun Sandstorm]

References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=

ee also

* Antoine_de_Saint_Exupéry's desert crash

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sequence=← C.460 - C.480 - C.490 - C.500 - C.510 - C.520 - C.530 -
C.560 - C.570 - C.580 - C.600 - C.610 - C.620 - C.630 -
C.640 - C.660 - C.670 →