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| Competing with the ANF-Mureaux 190 to meet a Service
Technique de l'Aeronautique specification for a
lightweight fighter, the C 710 Cyclone, designed by
Marcel Riffard, was derived from the Coupe Deutsch de
la Meurthe racing monoplanes. It was of wooden
stressed-skin construction with a Renault 12R 01 12-
cylinder inverted-Vee air-cooled engine producing
500hp for take-off. First flown on 18 July 1936, the C
710-01 was subsequently fitted with two drum-fed 20mm HS-9 cannon in the wings, and was tested at
Guyancourt and Villacoublay throughout 1937. On 1
February 1938 it crashed in the Verrieres forest. Two
additional airframes had meanwhile been built, the
second of these being completed as the C 710-02 which
differed from the first prototype in having redesigned
vertical tail surfaces, these being taller and more angular.
Further development of the basic design concentrated
on derivatives embodying retractable undercarriages
(C 713, C 714).
 | A three-view drawing (1280 x 910) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1645 kg | 3627 lb |
| Empty weight | 1243 kg | 2740 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.97 m | 29 ft 5 in |
| Length | 8.53 m | 28 ft 0 in |
| Height | 2.47 m | 8 ft 1 in |
| Wing area | 12.50 m2 | 134.55 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 455 km/h | 283 mph |
| Range | 825 km | 513 miles |
 | A three-view drawing of The C 713 retractable-gear derivative of the C 710. (1280 x 900) |
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