Lippisch Project Me 334

Messerschmitt Me 334
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Messerschmitt AG

The Me 334 project was a design for a fighter by Alexander Lippisch while working for the German manufacturer Messerschmitt .

It is assumed that it is a derivation from Lippisch P.01 . In 1943, investigations were carried out with a model of this project in Göttingen . The origin of the project number is not clear. It was not included in the RLM type list .

history

The designer Alexander Lippisch worked as head of department L at the Messerschmitt works. Since May 1942, the availability of the rocket motor developed by Hellmuth Walter was waited there. Lippisch calculated a number of different alternatives, including the Me 334 project with a piston engine and a design that was later re-examined as the Lippisch P 20 with a Jumo 004 .

After the dissolution of Department L on April 28, 1943, Lippisch moved to Vienna. This fact and the availability of the Walter engine in June 1943 meant the end of the Me 334 project.

construction

The wing was taken directly from the Me 163B . It had a retractable nose wheel landing gear. The engine was housed in the front fuselage. A propeller in the stern was driven by a long-distance shaft. The cockpit was designed for good all-round visibility. The armament was provided directly above the engine. The vertical stabilizer pointed downwards.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
length	7.0 m
span	9.3 m
height	3.72 m
Wing area	17.3 m²
Wing extension	5.0
Takeoff mass	approx. 2800-3000 kg
Engine	Daimler-Benz DB 605 with 1,475 PS (1,085 kW) takeoff power
Armament	2 × MG 131

literature

Walter Schick, Ingolf Meyer: Secret Air Force Projects . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01631-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Ulrich Meier: The arrow wing development in Germany until 1945 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag 2006, p. 319

[1] Hans-Ulrich Meier: The arrow wing development in Germany until 1945 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag 2006, p. 319