Henschel Hs 124
| Henschel Hs 124 | |
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| Type: | Multipurpose aircraft |
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| First flight: |
October 10, 1935 |
| Commissioning: |
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| Production time: |
1935-1937 |
| Number of pieces: |
3 |
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The Henschel Hs 124 was a twin-engine military multi-purpose aircraft produced by Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG . After three prototypes were made, work on this aircraft was abandoned.
history
The Technical Office requested a multi-purpose aircraft from the aviation industry for the air force's new equipment, which was operated in the 1930s. The companies Henschel, BFW and Focke-Wulf received the development contract . At Henschel, project planning work began on July 6, 1934 under the chief designer Friedrich Nicolaus. The first thing that was completed was a dummy, which was inspected by representatives of the RLM on November 9th. In 1935, the construction of three model aircraft began.
The Hs 124 V1 had a smooth sheet metal bow in which a rotating tower was built. The tower should be equipped with a 2 cm cannon, but the machine flew the test without a weapon. The engines used were two liquid-cooled 12-cylinder Junkers Jumo 210 C engines, each with 449 kW (610 hp) starting power. It made its maiden flight on October 10, 1935. The plane crashed on April 10, 1937, killing the Henschel works pilot Friedrich-Ernst von Heynitz.
The Hs 124 V2 had a fully glazed hull and a 2 cm cannon built into a split carriage. The engines were two BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder radial engines , each with 640 kW (870 hp) takeoff power. A bomb sighting device was installed for dropping small cluster bombs. This aircraft was also destroyed in a crash on February 25, 1938.
The Hs 124 V3 was only planned as a dummy.
The Hs 124 V4 was built as a destroyer. It therefore had a two-man pulpit and four MG 17 armaments that were rigidly installed in the front part of the fuselage . The power plant was later changed from the original two Jumo 210C to two BMW 132 Dc engines.
Components at a glance:
- Wing: cantilevered middle decker; All-metal wing in three-part construction, middle part with three spars, outer parts in shell construction; Complete trailing edge made of fabric-covered flaps, outside ailerons, inside landing flaps.
- Hull: Oval all-metal hull in shell construction, bow and hood glazed.
- Tail unit: with double rudder unit without struts, all-metal, rudder covered with fabric.
- Landing gear : retractable tail landing gear ; Main landing gear retracts rearward into the engine nacelles, hydraulic brakes; non-retractable tail wheel.
- Engine: see above, with three-bladed adjustable propeller.
- Armament: (Hs 124 V2) 1 × 2 cm cannon in the bow, 1 × 7.9 mm MG 15 in the B stand and up to 600 kg bombs.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Hs 124 V1 | Hs 124 V2 |
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| crew | 3 (pilot, radio operator / gunner and bomb shooter / gunner) | |
| length | 14.50 m | |
| span | 18.20 m | |
| height | 4.89 m | 3.75 m |
| Wing area | 54.60 m² | |
| Wing loading | 132.42 kg / m² | k. A. |
| drive | 2 × Jumo 210C with 471 kW (640 PS) each | 2 × BMW 132 Dc with 640 kW (870 hp) each |
| Top speed | 435 km / h | 435 km / h at an altitude of 3000 m |
| Marching speed | 320 km / h | k. A. |
| Landing speed | 110 km / h | k. A. |
| Rise time | 11.7 min at 4000 m | k. A. |
| Range | 4200 km | k. A. |
| Service ceiling | 6500 m | k. A. |
| Empty mass | 4145 kg | 4250 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 7230 kg | |
| Armament | - | 2 × 7.9 mm MG 15 and bombs up to 600 kg |
See also
literature
- Horst Materna: The history of the Henschel aircraft works A. G. in Schönefeld near Berlin 1933-1944 . Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-049-1 .
- Karl R. Pawlas: Aviation Lexicon , Article ID: 3120-100-2
