Gotha P.60
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 Replica of the planned night fighter Gotha P.60C |
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| Type: | Fighter plane |
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The Gotha P.60 was the project of a jet-powered fighter aircraft in the final phase of the Second World War , which was designed by Rudolf Göthert at the Gothaer Waggonfabrik in 1945 as a further development of the flying wing Horten H IX . A first draft is dated January 8th of that year. Although the Reich Aviation Ministry was convinced by the draft - a project folder prepared by Göthert had been submitted for assessment on March 11, 1945 - it was not implemented in practice due to the events of the war.
construction
It is a flying wing with a retractable nose wheel landing gear and small side fins on the outer surfaces. Jet engines of the types BMW 003 , Junkers Jumo 004 or Heinkel HeS 011 (depending on the version) were planned as propulsion . One each should be attached symmetrically to each other on the top and bottom of the rear center wing. This arrangement should ensure a better vertical tail effect and better stability around the vertical axis . In the case of the pure flying wing versions P.60 A and B, the two pilots would have been slightly offset in the glazed leading edge of the wing. The poor exit opportunities for the pilots with this positioning were viewed as critical. For the P.60 C version intended as a night fighter, a short fuselage with a smooth transition to the wing was provided to create space for the installation of the FuG 240 radio measuring device required for this purpose . The two-person crew would also have been in the conventional seating position behind one another. The construction provided for a tubular steel frame covered with wood.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data (Gotha P.60 C) |
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| use | Night fighter |
| crew | 2 |
| length | 10.90 m |
| span | 13.50 m |
| height | 3.40 m |
| Wing area | 54.70 m² |
| Arrow | 45 ° |
| Empty mass | 5,346 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 10,740 kg |
| drive | 2 × Junkers Jumo 004 |
| Fuel volume | 3,500 l |
| Top speed | 930 km / h |
| Climb performance | 7.7 minutes at an altitude of 6,000 m |
| Summit height | 13,300 m |
| Flight duration | 2.82 h |
| Armament | 4 × MK 108 or MK 213 , two of them as " weird music " |
literature
- Marton Szigeti: Gotha P-60. Counter-draft. In: Classics of Aviation No. 7/2016, pp. 30–35.
- Heinz J. Nowarra : The German air armament. Volume 2, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5466-0 , pp. 154/155.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sta: LTM Rechlin: Gotha Go P-60C revealed. August 21, 2017, accessed February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Gotha P.60. Accessed February 16, 2020 .