Heinkel V/STOL Aircraft
Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugbau GmbH (Germany)
Heinkel (1922) -> Entwicklungsring Süd (1959)
During the final months of the war (late 1944-early 1945), Heinkel engineers in Vienna studied tailsitters, the Wespe ("wasp"), with ducted propellers rotating within annular wings.
- Power: He S 021 turboprop produced 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) plus 7.35 kN (1650 lb) thrust.
- Propellers: six-bladed propeller
- Maximum Speed: 800 km/h (432 kt)
- Wing span: 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Length: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
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Engineer Reiniger of the Heinkel company in Vienna started the design work (Lerche ["lark"]) in late February 1945 and completed the design in 11 days.
- Power: two Daimler Benz DB 605 D engine
- Propellers: six-bladed propeller
- Maximum Speed: 800 km/h (432 kt)
- Wing span: 4 m (13.1 ft
- Length: 9.4 m (30.8 ft)
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Tailsitter/Vectored Thrust |
Designconcept for a high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptor (the VJ 101).
Requirements by the Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg, "Ministry of Defense") on 2 February 1957.
He 231 Tailsitter
- Power: four GE J85
- Wingspan: ca. 6 m
- Length: ca. 10 m
- Height: ca. 4.1 m
- Empty Weight: 4,600 kg (10,150 lb)
- Payload: 450 kg (1000 lb)
- Maximum VTOL Weight: 7,460 kg (16,450 lb)
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He 231 Vectored Thrust
- Power: 4 J85; two engines forward of the cockpit and two more engines at the rear of the aircraft
- Wingspan: 6.4 m
- Length: 10.3 m
- Empty Weight: 4,950 kg (10,900 lb)
- Payload: 450 kg (1000 lb)
- Maximum VTOL Weight: 7,460 kg (16,450 lb)
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Based on an He 231, the versions was designed with swiveling engine pods at the tips of the canards and wingtips
Date: January 1959
- Power: four GE J85; Total lift thrust was 58.8 kN (13,225 lb); cruise thrust in afterburner was 7,920 kg (17,460 lb)
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2 @ 20,000 m altitude
- Length: ca. 11.5 m
- Maximum VTOL Weight: 5,500 kg (12,125 lb)
VJ 101A6
Date: second half of 1958
- Power: six RB. 153 with 17.8 kN (4,000 lb) thrust. One at each front wing-tip pods and two at each rear wing-tip pods.
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2 @ 20,000 m altitude
- Wing span: 6.68 m
- Length: 14.14 m
- Height: 3.5 m
- Maximum VTOL Weight: 9,600 kg (21,165 lb)
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