Messerschmitt P. 1101

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Messerschmitt Me P.1101
P.1101 V1 after the war
Type: Experimental airplane
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

Manufacturer:

Messerschmitt AG

First flight:

-

Number of pieces:

1 prototype

The Messerschmitt P. 1101 was a test aircraft for testing the sweep angle of a future aircraft. The wings could be adjusted in different positions on the ground.

development

Model of a Messerschmitt Me P.1101

The aircraft was based on a development order from the Air Force High Command (OKL) for a single-seat fighter with a top speed of 1000 km / h at an altitude of 7000 m, which was issued in mid-1944. The P.1101 should have been used to test the swept wings and should not be submitted to the OKL as a draft for the tender, but the Messerschmitt P.1110 to be developed below .

As the time allotted Heinkel HeS-011 - turbojet not yet available, which was a prototype with a Junkers Jumo-004 equipped -Triebwerk. The wing sweep of the P. 1101 was only adjustable on the ground at an angle between 35 ° and 45 °. The aircraft was captured by the Americans in April 1945 before its completion at the Messerschmitt factory in Oberammergau (the so-called Upper Bavarian Research Institute ). They shipped the prototype to the US for testing. To verify the findings, the Bell X-5 was created , whose swivel blades could be adjusted in the air. Research results also reached Sweden and formed the basis for the development of the Saab 29 "Tunnan".

Technical specifications

Three-sided view
Bell X-5
Parameter Data
(as of 07/24/1944)
Data
(as of 08/30/1944)
Data
(status 02/22/1945, planned series version)
crew 1
length 6.85 m 9.37 m 9.175 m
span 7.15 m 8.16 m at a 40 ° angle 8.25 m at a 40 ° angle
Wing area 13.50 m² 15.85 m²
height 2.45 m 3.08 m 3.71 m
Empty mass 2642 kg 2594 kg
Takeoff mass 3000 kg
(thereof 710 kg fuel and 340 kg payload)
3554 kg
(of which 830 kg fuel)
4064 kg
(of which 1250 kg fuel)
Wing loading 263 kg / m² 296.5 kg / m²
Engine a Heinkel HeS 011 -A-0 jet engine with 12.7 kN (1300 kp) thrust
Top speed 1050 km / h 1080 km / h 985 km / h
Service ceiling 12,000 m 14,800 m 12,000 m
Range 1500 km
Armament two MK 108 with a total of 315 rounds
an SC-500 bomb
an MK 112 or two MK 108
possibly an MK 108 or MK 103
two SG-500 Jagdfaust missiles in the nose
an SC-500 bomb
four MK 108 with a total of 210 rounds of
four X-4 missiles

See also

literature

  • O.V .: Messerschmitt P 1101 , in: Luftfahrt international , No. 7, January / February 1975, pp. 1051-1070.
  • Willy Radinger, Walter Schick: Messerschmitt secret projects. Aviatic Verlag, Oberhaching 1991, ISBN 3-925505-14-8 .
  • Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 .

Web links

Commons : Messerschmitt P.1101  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Radinger, Schick: Messerschmitt secret projects. Aviatic Publishing House.