Heinkel He P.1076

Heinkel He P. 1076 History

Before the end of 1944, the Luftwaffe presented a new proposal focused on a high-performance, high-altitude aircraft capable of striking Allied bombers alone. condition. Allied bombing day and night wreaked havoc on Germany's infrastructure and combat capabilities, and an interception solution was desperately needed - especially if the state-of-the-art Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" strategic heavy bomber could finally make it to Europe. road.

This led several German companies to try to rectify the situation and avoid a full capitulation of the country.

For the Heinkel Group, best known for its He 111 medium bomber, engineers modified the design of the company's "He 100" high-speed fighter (described in detail elsewhere on this site) based on a previous request made by the Luftwaffe (mid-1930s) It was eventually filled by the excellent Messerschmitt Bf 109. In March 1939, the same He 100 achieved a record speed of 463.9 miles per hour.

The Air Force's new requirements appeared to be in line with what a more advanced version of the He 100 could deliver, so the company's engineers worked on revising the design.

The final fighter had a very streamlined fuselage from nose to tail. The nose houses a supercharged inline-piston engine, and three different arrangements of these were eventually considered. One of the system's air intakes was relocated to the port side of the forward fuselage. The engine will drive a pair of three-blade tractor array propeller units. The cockpit is amidships, its teardrop-shaped canopy provides excellent visibility, and the stern is usually divided into three levels.

Ground operation is achieved with a narrow-gauge "tail" landing gear configuration, with the main legs retracted from the centerline and positioned under the wings (as on the Bf 109). The main aircraft elements are especially important: a slight forward sweep (8 degrees), with more sweep on the trailing edge.

The wing tips are slightly rounded.

The center of the proposed weapon is a 30mm MK 103 automatic cannon (same as the Bf 109) buried in the engine mount and fired through the propeller hub. In addition, the fighter's wings will be fitted with 2 x 30mm MK 108 automatic cannons (one cannon per wing).

All the firepower in one burst was enough to shoot down the bombers deployed by the British and American.

Ultimately, the three powerplants in the game became a Daimler-Benz DB603M twin-supercharger engine rated up to 2,100 hp (with fuel injection) and a similarly rated Junkers Jumo 213E with a three-speed two-stage supercharger . The last is the Daimler-Benz DB603N, with two-stage twin superchargers and an advanced cooling system that produces up to 2,750 horsepower on takeoff.

As mentioned earlier, the aircraft - known as the "P. 1076" - had a barrel length of 31.5 feet, a wingspan of 36 feet, and a height of 9.5 feet. Weight (depending on engine trim) ranges from 7,100 pounds empty to 11,530 pounds fully loaded.

Estimated performance specs include a top speed of 545 mph, a range of up to 830 miles, and a service ceiling of 47,500 feet (the latter requires cockpit pressurization). All told, this would make the P. 1076 one of the fastest propeller-driven fighters of the entire war.

In any event, P. 1076 never became a solid, flyable specimen. The further development of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "Ta 152" partially fulfilled this requirement (only 69 of these were produced at the end of the war).

The detailed drawings of P. 1076 are said to have been drawn for the United States by Siegfried Gunter (1899-1969), half of the genius and pioneering Gunter Brothers aviation team and the father of "thrust modulation theory".

Specification

BASICS

Year of Service

1945

Origins

Nazi Germany

Status

Cancel

Development ended.

Crew

1

Production

0

Manufacturer

Heinkel - Nazi Germany

Operator

Nazi Germany (abandoned)

scrolling

air-to-air combat, fighter

The general ability to actively attack other aircraft of similar form and function, usually using guns, missiles and/or airborne missiles.

Intercept

The ability to intercept incoming airborne threats with high performance, usually speed and rate of climb.

X-Plane (development, prototype, tech demo)

Aircraft designed for prototyping, technology demonstration, or research/data collection.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

31.5 feet

(9.60m)

Width/span

36. 1 ft

(11.00m)

Height

9.5 feet

(2.90m)

Cured weight

7,165 lbs

(3,250 kg)

MTOW

9,921 lbs

(4,500 kg)

Wgt Difference

+2,756 lbs

(+1,250kg)

Performance

Installed:

Variants: 1 x Daimler-Benz DB603M Dual Supercharged 2,100hp or 1 x Junkers Jumo 213E Supercharged 2,100hp or 1 x Daimler-Benz DB603N Supercharged 2,750hp Driven 2 x Three-Blade Propeller Units Reverse Rotating in Nose model.

Maximum speed

547 km/h

(880 km/h | 475 knots)

Maximum

47,507 feet

(14,480 m | 9 km)

Area

833 km

(1,340 km | 2,482 nautical miles)

Range (MPH) Subsonic: <614mph | Transonic: 614-921 | Supersonic: 921-3836 | Hypersonic: 3836-7673 | Hypersonic: 7673-19180 | Reentry: > 19030

Weapon

Proposed: 1 x 30mm MK-103 Autocannon, fired through the propeller hub. 2 x 30mm MK 108 automatic cannons on the wings (one cannon per wing).