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He-162 Salamander (Volksjäger) - Replica

48.9k Baldovino  8.0 years ago

The He-162 Salamander, also called "Volksjger" (People's fighter) was thinked to be a cheap and easy to produce plane. Wooden made for the most part, with one single engine instead of the two vs Me-262 and armed with two 30 mm guns. Too few and Too late to be significative, but a nice piece of tecnology.

The reproduction have a lot of difference from the original, first of all, the speed. My replica flies at mach 1.5, but I prefer a funny plane than a boring perfect replica. It's near 1:1 scale (but not perfect due to the same matter...). As long I tried, I was unable to make a perfect flying replica with the engine in the right place. So I putted the real one in the center of fuselage, and the result it's a really agile and stable model. Landing is easy, I did it on USS Beast and basically everywere.

No special AGs.
B = Brakes.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 31.1ft (9.5m)
  • Length 29.5ft (9.0m)
  • Height 8.6ft (2.6m)
  • Empty Weight 3,015lbs (1,367kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,095lbs (2,311kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 13.229
  • Wing Loading 28.5lbs/ft2 (139.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 179.0ft2 (16.6m2)
  • Drag Points 2765

Parts

  • Number of Parts 115
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 445