SNCASE Alouette

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name=SE.3120 Alouette


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type=Utility helicopter
national origin=France
manufacturer=SNCASE
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first flight=31 July avyear|1951
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status=Prototypes only
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number built=2
variants with their own articles=The SNCASE SE.3120 "Alouette" ("Lark") was a utility helicopter developed in France in the early 1950s but which did not enter production. Designed in parallel with the SE.3110, the Alouette shared that machine's dynamic components, with the exception of its unusual twin tail rotor. The Alouette featured an open-framework fuselage behind a cockpit that was enclosed by a bubble canopy. Skid undercarriage and tricycle undercarriage were both tested.

The first flight took place on 31 July 1951 with Jean Boulet at the controls. In 1953, he would pilot one of the two prototype Alouettes to set a world closed-circuit distance record for a helicopter in this class, covering 1,250 km (780 miles). Despite this impressive performance, the Alouette proved to be difficult to maintain, and with work on the turbine-powered Alouette II (an unrelated design) already underway, development of the Alouette was soon abandoned.

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crew=One pilot
capacity=2 passengers
length m=10.45
length ft=34
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rot dia m= 11.60
rot dia ft= 38
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rot area sqm= 106.7
rot area sqft= 1,137
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empty weight kg=736
empty weight lb=1,620
gross weight kg=1,250
gross weight lb=2,750
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eng1 type=Salmson 9Nm
eng1 kw= 151
eng1 hp= 203
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max speed kmh=125
max speed mph=200
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range km=240
range miles=380
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References

* [http://www.eurocopter.com/site/FO/scripts/siteFO_contenu.php?lang=EN&noeu_id=44&arbo=1&page_id=636 Eurocopter website]
* [http://www.aviafrance.com/2569.htm aviafrance.com]

The hip is a silly helicopter which kills fuckion people