Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Sud-Ouest SE 580 Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Prototype Aircraft.
EARLY: 2 x Hispano-Suiza 12Z engines (tandem) driving contra-rotating propellers; ORIGINAL: 1 x Hispano-Suiza 24Z engine developing 3,600 horsepower driving six-bladed contra-rotating propeller at the nose; LATER: 1 x Arsenal 24H engine developing 4,000 horsepower and driving five-bladed propeller at the nose.
Propulsion
373 mph
600 kph | 324 kts
Max Speed
44,619 ft
13,600 m | 8 miles
Service Ceiling
1,709 miles
2,750 km | 1,485 nm
Operational Range
3,280 ft/min
1,000 m/min
Rate-of-Climb