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[BT~Tarik]

I-16 no? 480HP for the first version with M22 motor, 1934.
EDIT :
IAR-14 (450HP); P.11 (650HP); P-26 (500HP).

[jeanba]

Not so much.

For a fully armed and equipped fighter, 460 kph is an outstanding achievement with a 500 hp engine.

An outstanding achievement maybe, but a useless one.
Instead of spending time/money on this one, they should have spent more effort on producing more Dewoitines, or more equipements (gunsights ...).

[HundertzehnGustav]

they should... they could... all unfair expressions, now, 70 years after.

they should have invaded germany when their men and equipment were in poland...
they should have developped a nuke and bombed berlin...

who knows...?

[jeanba]

they should... they could... all unfair expressions, now, 70 years after.

they should have invaded germany when their men and equipment were in poland...
they should have developped a nuke and bombed berlin...

who knows...?

Good point, I must clarify :
French aeronautic before wwII and during the campaign of France is a subject that fascinates me.
I use the term "should" because the fact that the Caudron 714 would be a failure as a fighter was written by people who were in the decision process but whose judgements were not taken into account.

About the invasion of Germany in september 39, this was attempted and the reasons for the offensive failure are very interesting (german use of mines, superior psychological warfare ...).
 
 

[=JFC=PhilHL]

Good point, I must clarify :
French aeronautic before wwII and during the campaign of France is a subject that fascinates me.
I use the term "should" because the fact that the Caudron 714 would be a failure as a fighter was written by people who were in the decision process but whose judgements were not taken into account.

About the invasion of Germany in september 39, this was attempted and the reasons for the offensive failure are very interesting (german use of mines, superior psychological warfare ...).
 

the caudron cr760 was a much better than the cr714. performancewise it was close to the 109e4. the french already built one and this was found by the germans after the invasion.. so who knows, if the germans have attacked later?! ...

long version of my statement in german: quote german wikipedia: "Es stellte sich schnell heraus, dass die hölzerne Konstruktion den auftretenden Kräften nicht gewachsen war; so wurde unter der Bezeichnung CR.760 einen neuer Prototyp gebaut, der nunmehr einen Rumpf in Duraluminium-Vollbauweise erhielt. Die Bewaffnung wurde auf sechs 7,5-mm-MGs verstärkt. Bei den ersten Tests im April 1940 gab sich die neue Variante erheblich vielversprechender als die CR.714. Sie war leicht zu steuern und hatte ein gutes Verhältnis von Gewicht zu Leistung. Bevor weitere Schritte eingeleitet werden konnten, fiel der Prototyp den deutschen Besatzern in die Hände und wurde anschließend als Zieldrohne verwendet."

[jeanba]

Good point, I must clarify :
French aeronautic before wwII and during the campaign of France is a subject that fascinates me.
I use the term "should" because the fact that the Caudron 714 would be a failure as a fighter was written by people who were in the decision process but whose judgements were not taken into account.

About the invasion of Germany in september 39, this was attempted and the reasons for the offensive failure are very interesting (german use of mines, superior psychological warfare ...).
 

the caudron cr760 was a much better than the cr714. performancewise it was close to the 109e4. the french already built one and this was found by the germans after the invasion.. so who knows, if the germans have attacked later?! ...

Yes, but it was pointed out that the frecnh would have aligned :
- The D520 serie
- The MB150 serie
- The Arsenal VG33 serie
Not counting the export aircraft (H81).

Compared to the German : 109 only
and the UK : Hurricane + Spifire

Huge logistical problems were to be expected (and actually a rationnalization was underway, which led after the armistice to the production of the D520 only).

Anyway, the Caudron 714 is a very interesting plane

[mac1]

Congrats Phil, it's a lovely plane

[GilB57]

All right everybody ! with the template, I was able to do a more serious work

defaut skin (with alpha channel):


...that allows to use Paintschemes/Skins/Caudron-CR-714/... folder
In order to have this one (all the frenchies, waiting for Ranwers's Bloch MB152    ) :


Link for dowwnload as soon as I have made a skin for Finland. !

[SAS~Poltava]

Super, thanks for opening doors for skins!

And what a line-up: The Caudron, A Dewoitine and the Arsenal. Battle for France just need a twin-engined bomber, and then everything is perfect!

[GilB57]

... well I could ask for 3 of them : Breguet 693 (assault), Potez 63-11 (recognition) and  LeO 45 (bomber)   

[HundertzehnGustav]

say, i see some trouble with the gunpod blocking the flaps... or?

[Ranwers]

D-520...
BTW for rudder and bottom wings