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Sud-Est SE 5000 Baroudeur

Type
All-Terrain Fighter Bomber

Country (Land)
Frankreich (France)

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautique du Sud-Est (SNCASE)

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 1

Aramament (Bewaffnung)
2 x nose-mounted 30mm guns
4 x underwing hardpoints for a weapons load of 950 kg

Power plant (Antrieb)
1 x Snecma Atar 101 E4 (First prototype: Atar 101 B2)
Power (Leistung): 33,3 kN / 7495 lbs; (First prototype: 23,5 kN/ 5290 lbs)

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Lenght (Länge): 13.66 m
Height (Höhe): 3,25 m
Span (Spannweite): 10 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 25,3 sq m

Weights (Massen)
Operating weight empty (Leermasse): 4520 kg (First prototype: 4360 kg)
Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 2630 kg
Max. take-off weight (max. Startmasse): 7150 kg (First prototype: 6625 kg)

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. speed (max. Fluggeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.96
Service Ceiling Range (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 17000 m

Customers (Kunden)
Sud-Est built two SE 5000 prototypes on private initiative. After successful testing the French Armée de l'Air ordered three pre-production SE 5003s.

Competitors (Konkurrenz)
Fiat G.91 in NATO lightweight combat aircraft competition / Dassault Mystère IV for Armée de l'Air service

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The SE 5000 was designed by Polish aircraft designer John Jakimiuk to operate from unprepared fields, even soft grounds and beaches. To achieve this, the Baroudeur featured three retractable skids instead of a conventional landing gear. For take-off the aircraft the ground crew mounted it on a trolley that was jettisoned after the jet became airborne. Though the concept worked successfully, the Baroudeur was soon superseded by more capable aircraft like the Dassault Etendard. After the SE 5000 had lost the NATO competion for a leightweight combat aircraft to the conventional Fiat G.91, the program was terminated.

Last updated September 15, 1997

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