SNCASE SE-1210

The SNCASE SE-1210 was an experimental French flying-boat designed and built by SNCASE as a flying scale model of the proposed SE-1200 transatlantic flying boat.[1]

SE-1210
Role Experimental flying boat
National origin France
Manufacturer SNCASE
First flight 9 June 1948
Retired 1952
Number built 1

Design and development

Following the end of the Second World War, the French aircraft manufacturer SNCASE proposed a very large, long-range flying boat, the SE-1200, which was intended to carry 125 passengers across the Atlantic Ocean. The SE-1200, with a wingspan of 61 m (200.1 ft) and a maximum takeoff weight of 140,000 kg (310,000 lb) and powered by eight 3,000–3,400 hp (2,200–2,500 kW) Arsenal 24H engines in four tandem pairs (the Arsenal 24H was a 24-cylinder H-24 engine based on components of the Junkers Jumo 213[2]), would have been one of the largest aircraft in the world if completed.[1][3]

To enable aerodynamic tests of the design a flying scale model approximately one-third size was built.[1] The resultant SE-1210 was powered by four 240 hp (179 kW) Renault 6Q in-line piston engines.[1] The SE-1210, registered F-WEPI, first flew on 9 June 1948 on the Étang de Berre near SNCASE's factory at Marignane, Marseille.[1][3] After modification it was passed to the Centre d'essais en vol (CEV) for further testing which continued from December 1948 to April 1949.[4] Following the cancellation of the SE-1200 project, testing of the SE-1210 was abandoned, with it being flown for the last time in March 1951, with the flying boat being scrapped in 1952.[1][5]

Specification

Data from French Postwar Transport Aircraft[1]

General characteristics

  • Length: 16.35 m (53 ft 8 in) [3]
  • Wingspan: 21.75 m (71 ft 4 in)
  • Gross weight: 5,461 kg (12,039 lb)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Renault 6Q six-cylinder inline inverted piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 340 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn) [3]

See also

References
Notes
  1. Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, p. 160
  2. Bridgman 1948, p. 47d
  3. de Narbonne 2008, p. 76
  4. de Narbonne 2008, pp. 76–77
  5. de Narbonne 2008, p. 77
Bibliography
  • Bridgman, Leonard (1948). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1948. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • Chillon, Jacques; Dubois, Jean-Pierre; Wegg, John (1980). French Postwar Transport Aircraft. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-8513-0078-2.
  • de Narbonne, Roland (June 2008). "Juin 1948, dans l'aéronautique française: Enfin des matériels nouveaux". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 463. pp. 76–79.
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