Heinkel He 162A-2
The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was designed and built quickly and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for other aircraft.Heinkel had designed a relatively small, 'sporty'-looking aircraft, with a sleek, streamlined fuselage. Overall, the look of the plane was extremely modernistic for its time, appearing quite contemporary in terms of layout and angular arrangement even to today's eyes.
The BMW 003 axial-flow turbojet was mounted in a pod nacelle uniquely situated atop the fuselage
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
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- Wingspan 23.0ft (7.0m)
- Length 32.1ft (9.8m)
- Height 8.9ft (2.7m)
- Empty Weight 4,006lbs (1,817kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,197lbs (2,357kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.162
- Wing Loading 29.4lbs/ft2 (143.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 177.0ft2 (16.4m2)
- Drag Points 110
Parts
- Number of Parts 67
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 306
