SNCASE SE-1010

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SE-1010
SNCASE SE.1010 Prototype High Altitude Photography aircraft.jpg
The sole prototype of the SE.1010
RolePhoto-survey aircraft
National originFrance
Manufacturer SNCASE
First flight24 November 1948
Retired1 October 1949
StatusDestroyed
Number built1

The SNCASE SE-1010 was a late 1940s French 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.

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Design and development

In 1945 SNCASE designed a "stratospheric" transport for transatlantic postal work designated the SE-1000. The design was not built, but after the nose section was modified, it was built as high-altitude photo-survey aircraft for the Institut Géographique National, and re-designated the SE-1010. [1] If it was decided not to use it as a survey aircraft, it was proposed to produce it as a 14-passenger transport instead. [1]

The SE-1010 was a sleek, four-engined, mid-wing monoplane powered by four Gnome-Rhône 14R 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engines. 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 and crashed, killing the six person 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-seat 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)

3-views of the SNCASE SE.1010 SNCASE SE.1010 3-view.jpg
3-views of the SNCASE SE.1010

Data from French Postwar Transport Aircraft, [1] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 101
  2. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. pp. 137c–138c.

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