SNCASE Baroudeur
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| SNCASE Baroudeur at Paris Air Show, 19 June 1999 |
| Role |
Lightweight fighter |
| National origin |
France |
| Manufacturer |
SNCASE |
| Designer |
W. J. Jakimiuk |
| First flight |
1953 |
| Number built |
5 |
The SNCASE S.E.5000 Baroudeur was a French single-engined lightweight fighter designed by SNCASE (Sud-Est) for the NATO "Light Weight Strike Fighter" competition. An unusual design without a conventional landing gear, it use a wheeled trolley for take-off and three retractable skids to land. The Baroudeur did not enter production.
Design and development
The Baroudeur was a lightweight fighter, designed to operate from grass airfields. It used a wheeled trolley that could be used for take off from grass, and three retractable skids, the third at the tail for landing and for take off from snow or ice-covered surfaces. The three wheeled trolley had provision to use rockets (two or four according to terrain plus two back-up) if needed to assist. Apart from the landing gear the aircraft was a conventional shoulder-wing monoplane with a 38 degree swept wing and tail surfaces and powered by a SNECMA Atar 101C turbojet with wing-root intakes. The first of two prototypes flew on the 1 August 1953. Three pre-production aircraft designated the S.E.5003 were also built with Atar 101D turbojet engines but the type was not ordered into production.
Variants
- S.E.5000 Badoudeur
- Prototype powered by a SNECMA Atar 101C turbojet, two built.
- S.E.5003 Baroudeur
- Pre-production aircraft powered by a SNECMA Atar 101D turbojet, three built.
Specifications (S.E.5003)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 (pilot)
- Length: 13.49 [1] m (44 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3.04 (on skids)[1] m (10 ft 0 in)
- Gross weight: 6920 kg (15256 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × SNECMA Atar 101D turbojet, 29.4 kN (6614 lbf) thrust
Performance
- Maximum speed: 1140 km/h (709 mph)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Bridgman, Leonard (1956). Jane's All the World's Aircraft. London: Jane's All the World's Publishing Co. Ltd.
- Bibliography
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
External links
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