Heinkel HE 8

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Heinkel HE 8
A Danish Heinkel HE 8 (HMII)
A Danish Heinkel HE 8 (HMII)
Type: Maritime patrol
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Heinkel

First flight:

1928

Commissioning:

1928

Production time:

1928-1931, 1938

Number of pieces:

22nd

The Heinkel HE 8 (He.8) was used as a coastal reconnaissance aircraft for the Danish Navy until 1940. It emerged from the HE 5a with an aerodynamically balanced rudder and the back of the fuselage covered with dural sheet metal up to the rear edge of the observer's seat . The supporting structure and the floats were also taken over from the HE 5a.

Engine: An air-cooled 14-cylinder radial engine type Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV with 385 hp (HE 8a) or Jaguar VIC 430 PS (HE 8b) or a Gnôme-Rhône Jupiter 480 PS (HE 8d) drive a double-leaf Holzluftschraube to .

Armament: A rigidly installed machine-gun that fires through the propeller circle and a movable single or double machine-gun on a turntable in the rear (third) seat.

Equipment: FT device and standard marine equipment of the time

Technical specifications

Parameter HE 8a HE 8b
length 11.53 m 12.76 m
span 16.8 m
height 4.84 m
Wing area 47.03 m²
Preparation mass 1535 kg k. A.
Takeoff mass 2365 kg 2900 kg
drive an air-cooled 14-cylinder radial engine
Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV 		an air-cooled 14-cylinder radial engine
Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VIC
rated capacity 385 hp (283 kW) 430 hp (316 kW)
Top speed 216 km / h near the ground 215 km / h near the ground
Landing speed 93 km / h 95 km / h
Rise time 3.0 min at an altitude of 1000 m k. A.
Range 1290 km k. A.
Summit height 6200 m

literature

  • Volker Koos: Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke 1922–1932 . Heel, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 3-89880-502-6 , p. 30-32 .
  • Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1919–1934 . E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Herford 1984, ISBN 3-8132-0184-8 , p. 135 u. 196 .

Web links

Commons : Heinkel HE 8  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1919–1934 . E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Herford 1984, ISBN 3-8132-0184-8 , p. 196 .