02/28/2011. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Designer Pierre Satre and his team at SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Est, commonly known as Sud-Est), at the request of Technical Services of the French AF, started in 1943 a study on a liaison and training aircraft. The result was the S.E.2300, a tandem two-seat tail dragger with fixed main carriage legs, powered by an 140 hp Renault 4Pei Bengali four-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line engine.

The design of was released for production and registered F-WBBD (later
F-BBBD), the S.E.2300 No. 01 made its first flight at Toulouse on October 26, 1945, with Peter Nadot at the controls. The second prototype (c/n 02) was fitted with a fixed tricycle landing gear, and designated S.E.2310 and registered F-WBBK, it was flown on December 31, 1945.

The third prototype (c/n 03) was similar to the second, but with trousered fixed tricycle landing gear. Registered F-WBBL it was flown in early 1946 and entered the national contest for a tourist aircraft in February 1946, eventually won by the Nord 1200 Norécrin. Interest in the S.E.2300 series was lost, although the S.E.2311 four-seater was planned. F-WBBL became F-BBBL after certification and was used for a number of years (at least till 1956) as a personal hack by SNCASE test pilot Jacques Lecarme."

Span: Length: Height: Wing area: Weight empty: Weight loaded: Max speed: Cruise speed: Service ceiling: Range:

S.E.2300 33 ft 5.6 in (10.20 m) 23 ft 6.7 in (7.18 m) 6 ft 10.7 in (2.10 m) 206.67 sq.ft (19.20 sq.m) 1,301 lb (590 kg) 1,984 lb (900 kg) 150 mph (242 kmh) 135 mph (218 kmh) 17,142 ft (5,225 m) 559 mls (900 km)

S.E.2310 33 ft 5.6 in (10.20 m) 23 ft 6.7 in (7.18 m) 9 ft 10.5 in (3.01 m) 210.97 sq.ft (19.60 sq.m) 1,376 lb (624 kg) 2,224 lb (1,009 kg) 149 mph (240 kmh) 130 mph (210 kmh) 15,256 ft (4,650 m) 565 mls (910 km)