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Chocks away!
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Cool profile. What a neat plane she is!
He-100
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The He-100 was lighter and easier to build than the Bf-109. It broke several world speed records, achieving a speed of 435mph, at max take off it could still achieve speeds in the 400 range. It was made of only 969 parts. It used a evaporative cooling system. It also had a range of up to 1000km compared to the 109's much lower range. All of this in 1939/1940. Overall I think the 100 could have been a much better aircraft than the 109 and it was a harsh mistake on the RLM not to produce this aircraft.
cheddar cheese
Major General
I definately agree with that. The BoB might have been a different story with He-100's instead of 109's.
The 109 was supposadly more maneuverable than the He-100. Not sure of that though.
And I still dont think it would have changed the outcome the German Higher Command would have made the same mistakes either way.
And I still dont think it would have changed the outcome the German Higher Command would have made the same mistakes either way.
cheddar cheese
Major General
Valid point.
They were doomed either way.
red admiral
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The He-100 is only good until it gets shot at. 1 hole in that evaporative cooling system and it is screwed in a very short time.
CC. the bob would definitely have been different with the He-100. The RAF could simply use AA guns instead of bothering with fighters. With the He-100 flying close escort and shrapnel flying through the air, the -100 would be screwed due to the reasons mentioned above.
CC. the bob would definitely have been different with the He-100. The RAF could simply use AA guns instead of bothering with fighters. With the He-100 flying close escort and shrapnel flying through the air, the -100 would be screwed due to the reasons mentioned above.
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
red admiral said:
The He-100 D-1 wich was teorically the version to be mass produced, discarded the evaporative cooling system , and used instead a more conventional radiator retractable below the cockpit.
cheddar cheese
Major General
Nice profiles 8)
Nice pages on the He 100
http://www.geocities.com/lastdingo/aviation/he100.htm
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/he100.html
He 100 three-side drawing of V2 and D-0
He 100D`s on the ground
He 100D`s on the ground (as He113 for propaganda bluff)
He 100D on the ground (as He113 for propaganda bluff)
Ideally the wing area should have been larger, for example by scaling up the wing, which would reduce wing loading which would in theory reduce its trurning circle. The extra weight and drag would have reduced its speed and acceleration, but probably not by much.
Even without these changes it seems an amazing fighter plane, and in 1940 may have been to Spitfires and Hurricanes what the BF109 was to the I 16.
He 100D left side
He 100D-1 inflight photo
It looks damn nice, almost as if its melting on the ground due to friction of the speed
Imagine a DB605 fiited to the Heinkel He 100, this would have been in 1942. With the speed of the DB601 and DB605 variants, the RAF may have needed a much faster fighter, sending out urgent requests for a fighter with laminar flow wings. In 1942, the P-51B Mustang could have become the standard RAF fighter, or a Spitfire with laminar flow wings may have been rushed into production as early as 1940/1941
http://www.geocities.com/lastdingo/aviation/he100.htm
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/he100.html
He 100 three-side drawing of V2 and D-0
He 100D`s on the ground
He 100D`s on the ground (as He113 for propaganda bluff)
He 100D on the ground (as He113 for propaganda bluff)
Ideally the wing area should have been larger, for example by scaling up the wing, which would reduce wing loading which would in theory reduce its trurning circle. The extra weight and drag would have reduced its speed and acceleration, but probably not by much.
Even without these changes it seems an amazing fighter plane, and in 1940 may have been to Spitfires and Hurricanes what the BF109 was to the I 16.
He 100D left side
He 100D-1 inflight photo
It looks damn nice, almost as if its melting on the ground due to friction of the speed
Imagine a DB605 fiited to the Heinkel He 100, this would have been in 1942. With the speed of the DB601 and DB605 variants, the RAF may have needed a much faster fighter, sending out urgent requests for a fighter with laminar flow wings. In 1942, the P-51B Mustang could have become the standard RAF fighter, or a Spitfire with laminar flow wings may have been rushed into production as early as 1940/1941
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
A more usable engine would be the 1350 hp DB-601E, with this a suposed "He-100E" shall surpased the 690 km/h.
In this "future" version also is likely that the wingroots Mg, were the MG-131 instead the MG-17 and the central cannon probably the Mauser MG-151.
And the wingspan wasnt so bad, for example the Lagg-3 had 9,42m (the same as He-100) and the Yak-3 had 9,2 m, and they both had good handling qualities even at low altitude only, the He-100 probably was surpased in this item by the 109 in the high altitude arena.
The first prototype of the He-100 passed the 690km/h mark anyhow going over 700 and breaking the world speed record. It did not need the DB-601E
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
Nop......the only He-100 that surpassed that speed was the record aircraft He-100V8.
And what engine did it use? I dont think it was a DB-601E. I may be wrong, but I doubt it.
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
It used the special DB-601R (Rekord) that achieved 1770 hp by short periods.
Okay well I stand corrected.
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
In here you have the DB-601 versions:
Cool thanks.
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
He-100, one of my favourites!
Kiwimac
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