| Manufacturer |
Caudron |
Berliner-Joyce |
| Description |
The Caudron C.490 was a trainer aircraft built by Caudron in the mid 1930s. |
The Berliner-Joyce P-16 was a 1930s United States two-seat fighter aircraft produced by Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corporation. |
| First Flight |
1935-09-01 |
1930-09-01 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1932-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
1940-01-01 |
| Designer |
Caudron |
Berliner-Joyce |
| Type |
|
Two-seat fighter |
| Length (m) |
8.6 |
8.59 |
| Height (m) |
2.55 |
3.1 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
180 |
282 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
5000 |
|
| Armament |
|
two fixed forward-firing and one flexible-mounted 0.3 in (7.62 mm) machine guns, maximum bombload of 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Number Built |
7 |
26 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Renault 4Pfi 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 127 kW (170 hp) each |
1 × Curtiss V-1570-25 Conqueror inline piston, 447 kW (599 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
United States Army Air Corps |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.490 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.23 |
10.36 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
26 |
27 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Renault 4P |
|
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |