SNCASE SE-1210

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

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]

Design and development

The SE-1200 was a proposed eight-engined very large 125-passenger flying boat and 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 but following the cancellation of the SE-1200 project the trials were discontinued and the flying boat was scrapped in 1952.[1]

Specification

Data from French Postwar Transport Aircraft[1]

General characteristics

  • 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

See also

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chillon/Dubois/Wegg 1980, p.160
Bibliography

  • Chillon, Jacques. Dubois, Jean-Pierre and Wegg, John. French Postwar Transport Aircraft, Air-Britain, 1980, ISBN 0-8513-0078-2.
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