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HE 162

Are we running too fast?

Sometimes you feel like the projects you are working with are too tight on the scedule. But then you just have to see this, the HE-162A, the JSF of the third rich, ment to be the low airplane in the HI-LO mix of ME 262 and HE-162 .



HEINKEL 162A-2
“VOLKSJÄGER”





Schedule:
TTM issued by RLM: 1944-09-08
Specification written: 1944-09-15
Mock up ready: 1944-09-23
Start detail design: 1944-09-23
Start detail manufacturing prototype: 1944-09-24
Heinkel design chosen: 1944-09-30
Ready copy of production drawings: 1944-10-29
Prototype V1 flies: 1944-12-06
Prototype V1 crashes (adhesive failure): 1944-12-10
V2 flies: 1944-12-22
V4 flies: 1945-01-16
V18 flies 1945-01-24
V30 flies: 1945-02-24
1:st division assembled: 1945-02-06
1:st division combat ready: 1945-04-14
50 He 162 combat ready: 1945-05-04
>100 He 162 delivered: 1945-05-08
~800 He 162 in production: 1945-05-08

And it was not the simplest airplane of its time, quite a lot of equipment in it compared to contemporary airplanes (but not the most advanced):
Fuselage: Body and tail: Aluminium.
Wing, rudders and doors: wood
Systems: Ejection seat. Trimable stabilizer, Manual rudders.
Electronic: Radio, DF, IFF, gyro sight.
Armament: 2 x 20 mm gun, 120 rounds/gun.
Engine: BMW 003E-1 920 kp static thrust.
Weights: Equipped exclusive pilot and fuel: 1758 kg.
Take of weight: 2805 kg.
Performance:
Take off to 15 meter: 980 m
Landing distance from 15 meter: 950 m
Climb speed at H=0: 21,5 m/s
Max service altitude: 11700m
Max ferry range: 975 km
Max speed H=0: M=0,73
Max speed H=6km: M=0,79

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