Caudron Typhon

{{Infobox aircraft |name = Typhon |image = Caudron Typhon 1937.jpg |caption = C.641 Typhon (high-speed version) With a view to attacking a number of long distance records, including that for 5,000 km, the French pilot Rossi testing his Renault - engined Caudron Typhon at Istres aerodrome.- flight magazine - 1937 |type = High-Speed Mailplane |manufacturer = Caudron-Renault |designer = Georges Otfinovsky/Marcel Riffard |first_flight = 1935 |introduction = 1935 |retired = |produced = |number_built = 10 |status = |unit cost = |primary_user = |more_users = |developed_from = |variants = }}

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

==History== Similar in concept to the de Havilland DH.88 Comet the Typhon (en: ''Typhoon'') was designed by Georges Otfinovsky and Marcel Riffard for use on long-range postal routes.{{sfn|Mihaly|Robinson|1993|pp=12–13}} The first aircraft first flew on 17 June 1935.{{sfn|Mihaly|Robinson|1993|p=14}} The aircraft was a twin-engined low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction. Seven C.640s were built. The Typhon established 5000 km speed records. It was not a success in operation as its flexible wings experienced buffeting and vibration problems.

==Variants== *'''C.640 Typhon''' - production model with Renault 6Q engines, 7 built. *'''C.641 Typhon''' - record breaking version with raised canopy and increased fuel capacity, 2 built. *'''C.670 Typhon''' - prototype high-speed bomber version with a crew of three, similar to the C.640 but with increased dimensions and weights, one built.

==Operators== ;{{flag|France}} *French Air Force ;{{flag|Romania}} *Romanian Air Force

==Specifications (C.640)==

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==See also== {{aircontent| |related= |similar aircraft= *de Havilland DH.88 *Grigorovich E-2 |sequence= |lists= |see also= }}

==References== ;Notes {{reflist}}

* {{cite magazine |last1=Mihaly |first1=Edouard |last2=Robinson |first2=Harry |title=Les Caudron-Renault "Typhon" |magazine=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=March 1993 |issue=280 |pp=12–26 |language=fr}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}} * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1937 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1937 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |editor2-last=Bridgman |editor2-first=Leonard |pages=123c-124c}}

==External links== {{commons category|Caudron C.640 Typhon}} *[http://www.aviafrance.com/8481.htm Photo at Aviafrance] {{Caudron aircraft}}

Category:1930s French mailplanes Category:1930s French civil utility aircraft C.640 Category:Low-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1935 Category:Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft