SNCASE SE-1010 explained
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.
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. If it was decided not to use it as a survey aircraft, it was proposed to produce it as a 14-passenger transport instead.
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. 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.
Variants
- SE-1000
Proposed four-engined stratospheric transatlantic postal aircraft, not built.
- SE-1010
High-altitude photo-survey aircraft, one built.
- 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.
SE-1035:Proposed airliner variant, not built.
SE-1040:Proposed turboprop test-bed to evaluate the Rolls-Royce Dart engine.
Bibliography
- Book: Chillon . Jacques . Dubois . Jean-Pierre . Wegg . John . French Post-War Transport Aircraft . 1980 . Air-Britain . Tonbridge, UK . 0-85130-078-2. amp.
- Mesnard . Joël . Tragique: The Sud-Est SE.1010. The Aviation Historian . 2018 . 25 . 90–99 . 2051-1930.
