He-100

[Chocks away!]

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

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Bf-109 was chosen over the He-100 mostly because the RLM prefereed Messerschmitt.

[Smokey]

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

[Parmigiano]

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?

[KraziKanuK]

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.

[Nonskimmer]

Just a reminder to source your photos please gentlemen. Good stuff, by the way.

[KraziKanuK]

Just a reminder to source your photos please gentlemen. Good stuff, by the way.

'Image Properties' give the source.

[Nonskimmer]

That's great KK, but this is just a general reminder to everyone. Not everybody puts the source in the image properties.

Sources are to be shown, everybody. If you don't know or can't remember then just say "source unknown" or something to that effect, but we need something. It's just an ass-covering thing for the site, so your co-operation is much appreciated. Thank you all, and happy posting.

[CharlesBronson]

We have talk about this plane in several topics like here:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/vie...t=1265&start=0

[the lancaster kicks ass]

NS, did you just say...ASS COVERING

oh yes, i'm back! and you've left me 3,800+ posts to read through

[FLYBOYJ]

Read mine first, read mine first, read mine first.........

[mosquitoman]

Anyway, back on topic, wasn't Heinkel very popular with the German High Command, that might be the reason

[kiwimac]

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.

Kiwimac

[FLYBOYJ]

Did Spain use them?

[Chocks away!]

Don't think so. If Heinkel wasn't popular than why was the He-111's production in full swing?