Heinkel He 270

Heinkel He 270
Type:	Military multipurpose aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Heinkel
First flight:	1938
Number of pieces:	1

The Heinkel He 270 was a German military multi-purpose aircraft produced by the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke .

development

The aircraft was an evolution of the He 70 F . The changes mainly concerned the new engine, a Daimler-Benz DB 601 with 864.2 kW (1175 hp) with an adjustable metal three-blade propeller with a diameter of 3.20 m and the uncovered, non-retractable tail wheel. As in all He-70 military versions, the crew consisted of three men. Only one prototype was made in 1938. He had the civil registration D-OEHF.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	3
length	11.9 m
span	14.8 m
height	3.10 m
Wing area	36.50 m²
Preparation mass	2670 kg
Payload	1480 kg
Takeoff mass	4150 kg
Top speed	380 km / h near the ground, 460 km / h at an altitude of 4000 m
Marching speed	335 km / h at an altitude of 2000 m
Landing speed	115 km / h
Rise time	2.2 min at 1000 m altitude 5.5 min at 2000 m altitude 15.0 min at 4000 m altitude
Service ceiling	9000 m
Range	1000 km
Take-off run	350 m
drive	a liquid-cooled twelve-cylinder - V-engine Daimler-Benz DB 601 A
power	1,175 PS (864 kW)
Fuel supply	420 l
Armament	1 × MG 17 forward 1 × MG 15 rearward directed 200 kg bombs

literature

• Volker Koos: Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke 1933–1945 . Heel, Königswinter 2003, ISBN 3-89880-217-5 , p. 44/45 .
• Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 (complete works), ISBN 3-7637-5466-0 (volume 2)
• Heinkel - Chronicle and data sheets of the Heinkel-Flugzeugbau company. Reprint, Aviatic Verlag, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-925505-08-3

See also

• List of aircraft types