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Crew one, pilot
Dimensions
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08-15-2005, 03:49 AM
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Why wasn't this great fighter ordered into service?  Disguss 
Role Day fighter
Crew one, pilot
Dimensions
Length 26 ft 11 in 8.20 m
Wingspan 30 ft 11 in 9.42 m
Height 11 ft 10 in 3.60 m
Wing area 156 ft² 14.5 m²
Weights
Empty 4,563 lb 2,070 kg
Maximum take-off 5,512 lb 2,500 kg
Powerplant
Engines 1 Daimler-Benz DB 601M
Power 1,175 hp 876 kW
Performance
Maximum speed 416 mph 668 km/h
Combat range 560 miles 900 km
Ferry range
Service ceiling 36,090 ft 11,000 m
Armament
Guns 1x 20 mm MG-FF cannon
2x 7.92 mm MG 17
machine guns
Bombs none
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#2 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | The Bf-109 was chosen over the He-100 mostly because the RLM prefereed Messerschmitt.
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08-15-2005, 08:19 AM
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| Wasn't the Me109 more maneuvrable than the Heinkel He 100?
Though the high speed of the He 100 compared to the Spitfire, Hurricane, Me109 and FW190A would have allowed it do hit and run style high energy passes like the P40, F6F, F4U, P38, spitfire and P47 did against the Zero | |
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| What I remember (again, I have no access to my books now) is that the RLM found that the structure of the He 100 was not suitable for many further development and that the Me 109 was easy to buld.
At the time Messerschmitt was an 'outsider' and was not very welcome in the 'establishment'.
PS: do I remember wrong or the He 100 was fitted vith a total-loss evaporation cooling system?
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Originally Posted by Parmigiano PS: do I remember wrong or the He 100 was fitted vith a total-loss evaporation cooling system? | The D-1 had a retractable rad.  | |
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08-15-2005, 02:48 PM
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#6 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | Just a reminder to source your photos please gentlemen. Good stuff, by the way. | |
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer Just a reminder to source your photos please gentlemen. Good stuff, by the way. | 'Image Properties' give the source. | |
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#8 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | That's great KK, but this is just a general reminder to everyone. Not everybody puts the source in the image properties.
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | Anyway, back on topic, wasn't Heinkel very popular with the German High Command, that might be the reason
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#13 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | The Heinkel He 100 was more manoeuverable than the ME109 as I recall (I may be wrong in my recollection) but for some reason Heinkel was definitely out of favour at the RLM.
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| Don't think so. If Heinkel wasn't popular than why was the He-111's production in full swing?
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