Heinkel Wasp

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Heinkel Wasp
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Type: Fighter plane
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

Manufacturer:

Heinkel

First flight:

not happened

Number of pieces:

only project

Heinkel "Wasp" was the name of a project study by Heinkel-Werke from 1944/45 for a revolutionary VTOL program to develop a light interceptor .

development

In addition to the features of a vertical take-off aircraft developed elsewhere, such as the nose-up take-off position ( tail starter ), the extremely unusual arrangement of the rotor, the lying position of the pilot and the wing construction, which does not have a conventional wing , but a ring around the propeller provided two stub-like appendages ( ringwings ). The storage of the fuel was provided in the fuselage (550 kg) and in the ring wing (450 kg). The PTL engine He S 021, which was based on the He S 011 and was to be built by Daimler-Benz , was to serve as the drive , but this was not tackled until the end of the war.

The project study was prepared by Karl Reiniger in the Heinkel office in Vienna as draft E "Wasp" until February 25, 1945 and presented on March 8, but the catastrophic supply of materials at the end of the war stopped the project. The futuristic construction is theoretically airworthy, but unproven.

The sister project was the Heinkel Lerche , a slightly larger version that was to be equipped with two propellers rotating in opposite directions.

Technical specifications

Parameter Dates Heinkel Wespe (February 25, 1945)
crew 1
Hull length 6.20 m
span 5.0 m
diameter 1.25 m (body)
2.8 m (ring)
Wing area 11.3 m²
Preparation mass 2520 kg
Payload 1170 kg
Takeoff mass 3690 kg
drive Turboprop engine Daimler / Heinkel S 021 with 2,000 PS (1,471 kW)
Fuel volume 1000 kg
Top speed 850 km / h near the ground
860 km / h at 8000 m altitude
Rate of climb 50 m / s near the ground
24 m / s at an altitude of 8000 m
Landing speed approx. 193 km / h
Armament two 30 mm MK 108 cannons

See also

literature

  • Volker Koos: Heinkel - rocket and jet aircraft. Aviatic, Oberhaching 2008, ISBN 978-3-925505-82-9 .
  • Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode: Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft. Midland, 2003, ISBN 1-85780-150-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Koos, p. 284