Henschel Hs 130

Henschel Hs 130
Henschel Hs 130
Type:	Altitude bombers and scouts
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG
First flight:	May 23, 1940
Number of pieces:	6 ( prototypes )

The Henschel Hs 130 was a bomb and remote sensing aircraft designed and built by Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG for great heights.

The aircraft was developed in 1939 after work on the Henschel Hs 128 had been stopped because the Reich Ministry of Aviation required a bomber or a reconnaissance aircraft for high altitudes. The aircraft was a cantilever low-wing aircraft in all-metal construction with a retractable normal chassis. Similar to the Hs 128, the Hs 130 also had a pressurized cabin and an exhaust gas turbocharger. Only a few test samples in different versions were built.

Series

• Henschel Hs 130 A:
  reconnaissance version with planned Daimler-Benz engines DB 601 D with two-stage loaders. As not available, built with DB 601 R, whereby a height of 12,500 m was reached. Later A version made with DB-605 motors.
• Henschel Hs 130 B:
  Bomber version of the A version, only dummy construction
• Henschel Hs 130 C:
  New development based on the Hs 130, similar to the Dornier Do 217 K, production of the test samples discontinued towards the end of the war.
• Henschel Hs 130 D:
  A version with DB-605 engines with turbochargers from Argus and DVL
• Henschel Hs 130 E:
  A version with increased span to increase the service height and high loader center (HZ system) with a third engine DB 605 T, which drives a compressor to compress the combustion air for all engines. Four copies were made. Most powerful high-altitude aircraft of the German Air Force in World War II.
• Henschel Hs 130 F:
  Project with four BMW 801 engines

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data (Henschel Hs 130 E)
length	19.73 m
span	33.0 m
height	5.54 m
Wing area	85.0 m²
Wing extension	12.8
Empty mass	12,200 kg
Takeoff mass	16,700 kg
Top speed	610 km / h at an altitude of 14,000 m
Service ceiling	15,100 m
Range	2,250 km
Armament	2 × 500 kg bombs (or 2 × 900 l drop tanks)

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945. Volume 3: Henschel - Messerschmitt aircraft types. New edition. Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5467-9 .
• Horst Materna: The history of the HENSCHEL aircraft works in Schönefeld near Berlin 1933–1944. New edition. Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-049-1 .