Engineering:SNCASE SE-1010
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| 3-views of the SNCASE SE.1010 | |
| Role | Photo-survey aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SNCASE |
| First flight | 24 November 1948 |
| Retired | 1 October 1949 |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Number built | 1 |
The SNCASE SE-1010 was a late 1940s France photo-survey aircraft designed and built by SNCASE for the Institut Géographique National, one prototype was built but it crashed and the project was cancelled.
Design and development
In 1945 SNCASE had designed a "stratospheric" transport for transatlantic postal work designated the SE-1000, it was not built but given a modified nose-section it was built as high-altitude photo-survey aircraft for the Institut Géographique National and designated the SE-1010.[1] If not used as a survey aircraft it was proposed to produce it as a 14-passenger transport.[1]
The SE-1010 was a sleek-looking, four-engined, mid-wing monoplane powered by four Gnome-Rhône 14R 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine. The prototype SE-1010, with French test registration F-WEEE, first flew on 24 November 1948.[1] On 1 October 1949 the prototype entered a flat-spin during test flying from Mariganne, it crashed killing the six crew near Carcès. The project was canceled and the three aircraft being built were not completed.[1]
Variants
- SE-1000
- Proposed four-engined stratospheric transatlantic postal aircraft, not built.[1]
- SE-1010
- High-altitude photo-survey aircraft, one built.[1]
- SE-1011
- Production aircraft: three under construction when project was abandoned.
- SE-1015
- Long-range 18 seater courier airliner'
- SE-1020
- Maritime patrol aircraft with Jumo 213 engines and gun turrets.
- SE-1030
- Proposed 40-passenger airliner variant, not built.[1]
- SE-1035
- Proposed airliner variant, not built.
- SE-1040
- Proposed turboprop test-bed to evaluate the Rolls-Royce Dart engine.
Specification (Survey aircraft)
Data from French Postwar Transport Aircraft,[1] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 4
- Capacity: 14 pax, 4 pax with freight hold, 8 pax with freight hold, or 0 pax with 26.5 m3 (940 cu ft) freight hold
- Length: 21.81 m (71 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 31 m (101 ft 8 in)
- Height: 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 116.3 m2 (1,252 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 14,000 kg (30,865 lb)
- Gross weight: 25,000 kg (55,116 lb) -27,000 kg (60,000 lb) (photographic aircraft)
- Gross weight passenger version: 33,000 kg (73,000 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 16,040 L (4,240 US gal; 3,530 imp gal) fuel;380 L (100 US gal; 84 imp gal) oil
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14R-28 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 1,200 kW (1,600 hp) each for take-off; LH rotation fitted to starboard
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14R-29 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 1,200 kW (1,600 hp) each for take-off; RH rotation fitted to port
- Propellers: 3-bladed Ratier, 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) diameter constant-speed propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 635 km/h (395 mph, 343 kn) at 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
- Cruise speed: 540 km/h (340 mph, 290 kn) at 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
- Range: 7,300 km (4,500 mi, 3,900 nmi) no headwind
- Time to altitude: 8,000 m (26,000 ft) in 36 minutes; 9,000 m (30,000 ft) in 46 minutes
- Wing loading: 283 kg/m2 (58 lb/sq ft) at 33,000 kg (73,000 lb)
- Power/mass: 6.84 kg/kW (11.3 lb/hp) at 33,000 kg (73,000 lb)
Notes
Bibliography
- Chillon, Jacques; Dubois, Jean-Pierre; Wegg, John (1980). French Post-War Transport Aircraft. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-078-2.
- Mesnard, Joël (2018). "Tragique: The Sud-Est SE.1010". The Aviation Historian (25): 90–99. ISSN 2051-1930.
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