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CR.714 Cyclone

Light Fighter

Caudron-Renault

Caudron-Renault CR.713

CR.714 Cyclone - light wooden fighter. The first flight of the prototype on July 18, 1936.

The production aircraft received the designation Caudron-Renault CR.714C1, it was equipped with a Renault 12R-03 liquid-cooled engine with a three-bladed variable-pitch propeller with a diameter of 2160 mm.

The armament of the CR.714C1 consisted of four 7.5-mm machine guns installed in pairs in fairings under the wing consoles (300 rounds of ammunition per barrel). The sight is a collimator. There was a photo-machine gun.

CR.714C1 was hardly used by French pilots. A small part of the planes ended up in Finland, the ones that remained in France were transferred to Polish aviators.

On November 30, 1939, the Soviet-Finnish war began. It was supposed to send a fighter air group, armed with CR.714C1 and manned by Polish pilots, to Finland. In total, France was ready to provide Finland with 80 CR.714C1 aircraft. But everything was limited to the supply of only a few aircraft, and the Finns themselves flew on them.

In total, about 90 fighters were built.

CR.714 Specifications
Crew 1
Dimensions
Wing span, m 8.97
Wing area, m² 12.50
Length, m 8.63
Height, m 2.87
Powerplant
1 × PE Renault 12R-03, power, hp 1 × 500
Weight, kg:
Empty plane 1,395
Loaded weight 1,880
Performance
Maximum speed, km/h 465
Cruising speed, km/h 320
Service range, km 900
Service ceiling, m 9,100
Armament
4 × 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine gun with ammunition per barrel, pcs 300

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In some ways, the CR.714 fully met the requirements for fighter aircraft. So, its wing load was 140 kg/m² - for other French fighters of that time, this value was in the range of 150-170 kg/m². But the power load differed much more significantly: 3.9 kg/hp against 2.5-2.9 kg/hp And if the load on the wing largely determines the speed and maneuverability of the aircraft, then the load on the power characterizes the ability to realize these qualities. A small thrust reserve for a fighter is highly undesirable. In some sources, however, "Cyclones" are characterized as quite maneuverable. Perhaps the main role here is played by the aircraft's low weight and small absolute wing dimensions, which improves the fighter's response to unsteady modes of motion.

Modifications

  • CR.710 - first prototype
  • CR.713 - second prototype
  • CR.714 - first serial modification
  • CR.720 - a training version of the CR.714 aircraft, equipped with a Renault Bengali 6Q 220 hp engine. from. or a Renault 4 Pei 100 hp engine.
  • CR.760 is a prototype with a Delta RC 40 engine from Isotta Fraschini with a capacity of 760 hp. from.
  • CR.770 - prototype with Renault 626 800 hp engine. c.
Photo Description

Drawing CR.714

Bibliography

  • Light fighter "Codron" CR.714 / Andrey Kharuk /
  • Moran, Cyclone, Curtiss and other "French" / Alexander Medved. /