Welcome to the Alouette II
Author’s foreword
Hello, my name is Peter Salzgeber. My goal was not just to build a realistic helicopter for Microsoft Flight simulator, but
also a helicopter witch allows flight-action in typical missions for this aircraft. With the Sud Aviation SA315B Lama, I’ve produced an Add-On for Microsoft Flight-Simulator, to do that. Now I will present you an other classic helicopter: the S.N.C.A.S.E. SE3130 Alouette II, the first turbine-powered helicopter of the world! This aircraft is the grandma of the Lama.
Thanks to the help of some helicopter companies, pilots und engineers that gave me most useful hints about the helicopter, I finally was able to build this Alouette II, which works as realistic as possible within the given limits of Microsoft Flight Simulator, which – unfortunately – makes a 100% realistic rendition of a helicopter impossible at the present stage. However, I am pretty sure you still will like the result… when you read this manual first!
The history of the S.N.C.A.S.E. Alouette II
The S.N.C.A.S.E.* SE3130 Alouette II is the first turbine-powered helicopter on the world. The first flight was at March 12 1955 in Buc (F), commanded by factory-pilot Jean Boulet, responsible for different world records: the altitude-world-record from June 6 1955 of 8209 meters with the SE3130 s/n 002 and so the altitude-world-record of 10984 meters at June 13 1958. This record was being flown with the prototype s/n. 002 of the S.N.C.A.S.E. SE3150 Alouette II, an Alouette II with the dynamic components of the Alouette III (main-rotor, tail-rotor, engine and gearbox). Out of this prototype is born the SA 315B Lama. With this aircraft, Jean Boulet gets the today valid (!) altitude-world-record of 12442 Meters at June 12 1972.
From the type SE3130 / SA313B, powered with a Turbomeca Artouste IIC turbine, totally 923 pieces have leaving the production belts. From the type SA 318C, powered with the more powerfully but economic Turbomeca Astazou II engine, starting in 1961, and 382 pieces was produced. The production stops in 1975. Today it’s not possible to say, how many aircraft of which type is remaining in operation. Many Alouette II are converted into SA 315B Lama and are still working around the whole world.
* S.N.C.A.S.E.= Abbreviation for: Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est, this company is since 1957 part of Sud Aviation, which is renamed 1970 to Aerospatiale and today part of Eurocopter. So the different type-names are declared: SE=Sud Est, SA=Sud Aviation, AS=Aerospatiale and EC=Eurocopter.
Below you will find a table with all aircraft of this package, also the prototypes s/n 001 of the SNCASE SE3130 and both, -the s/n 001 and the s/n 002- of the SNCASE SE3150. At the bottom you will find the data-sheet from the Alouette II and for comparison the specs of the Lama.
At the end of this document, I have placed some links to very good websites containing history, photos etc. of the
Alouette II.
If you are familiar with my Aerospatiale Lama, you will be also familiar with the Alouette II.
But please: READ THE PROVIDET MANUALS CAREFULLY!
And now: HAPPY LANDINGS!
Peter Salzgeber, FSHELI.ch
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