Heinkel He 49
| He 49 | |
|---|---|
| |
| The He 49bW floatplane | |
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Heinkel |
| Designer | Günter brothers |
| First flight | November 1932 |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | 4 |
| Variants | Heinkel He 51 |
The Heinkel He 49 was a German single-bay, single-seat biplane of mixed construction armed with two machine guns. Four variants were made, the He 49a, He 49b, He 49c and He 49d.[1]
Variants
Data from:[2]
- HD 49
- original Heinkel designation for the He 49, before allocation of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) designations.
- He 49L
- generic designation for any of the He 49 landplane variants.
- He 49W
- generic designation for the He 49 floatplane variant.
- He 49a
- The first prototype, (originally HD 49), was flown in November 1932
- He 49b
- the second prototype followed in February 1933, with a modified fuselage to make it 400 mm (16 in) longer, powered by a BMW VI 6.0 V-12 engine.
- He 49bW
- The He 49b turned into a floatplane
- He 49c
- The third prototype
- He 49d
- later prototype Heinkel He 51
Specifications (Heinkel He 49b)
Data from The Complete Book of Fighters,[3] Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 Vol.2 – Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 8.24 m (27 ft 0 in)
- Floatplane: 8.57 m (28.1 ft)
- Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 27.2 m2 (293 sq ft)
- Gross weight: 1,950 kg (4,299 lb)
- Floatplane: 1,970 kg (4,340 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI 6.0 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 510 kW (690 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 325 km/h (202 mph, 175 kn)
- Floatplane: 310 km/h (190 mph; 170 kn)
- Landing speed (landplane): 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
- Alighting speed (floatplane): 100 km/h (62 mph; 54 kn)
- Service ceiling: 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
- Floatplane: 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3 m/s (590 ft/min)
- Floatplane: 3.4 m/s (670 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 1 minute 39 seconds
Armament
- Guns: 2 × fixed, forward-firing, synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns
References
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- ^ "Heinkel He 49". www.historyofwar.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Donald, David (2000). Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. Barnes & Noble. p. 96. ISBN 978-0760722831.
- ^ Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
- ^ Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 Vol.2 – Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 164, 268–269. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4.