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SNCASE SE 1210

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Wingspan
  
22 m

Manufacturer
  
SNCASE

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.

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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. The resultant SE-1210 was powered by four 240 hp (179 kW) Renault 6Q in-line piston engines. 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.

Specification

Data from French Postwar Transport Aircraft

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

    • References

    SNCASE SE-1210 Wikipedia
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