Heinkel He 70

[jcf]

Always thought the He-70 was a case of nice body, shame about the face.  The BMW VI just spoilt the looks, the Hungarian radial engined versions looked a little better.  A nice sleek nose would do it some good.

Ya mean like the Kestrel engined R-R test aircraft?

Change the BMW from direct drive to a geared final drive that raises the thrustline
and you can have an upper cowl line similar to Merlin or Hispano 12 powered aircraft.

Jon

[Mossie]

Thank you Jon, I've been after a pic of that for some time!  I'd seen a supposed profile of the Kestrel powered aircraft, but it was just a standard He-70.  Thought it might look better, much prettier!

It mentions a Peregrine in that pic, one I never knew about.  Do you have a pic of that one?

[Radish]

It looks lovely don't it

[jcf]

How about a turret along the lines of the Mauser-designed turret fitted to the FW 57?
Which was one the few mid-30s German designs to use a power turret.

Jon

[Sisko]

I have always like the idea of them being employed by the Kreigsmarine on their carriers as long range torpedo bombers

[jcf]

One thing to bear in mind about proposed He 70 developments;
if you are going to up the load/performance you'll want to have it re-winged.
After looking through some other reference material I've confirmed that the wings
and empennage were all wood. The wings were two-spar with built-up box spars
of spruce and ply, the ribs were also spruce and ply. Ditto the empennage.

The original He 112 design (early V-(_) and the A model) was sort of a scaled down
all metal version of the He 70 - although originally with a semi-elliptical rather than
elliptical wing, so a metal wing for the He 70 is a possibility for a whif.

The single He 270 built was just an old 'F' airframe re-engined with a DB 601,
neither the Luftwaffe nor Lufthansa were interested.

Maybe a fictional 'production' 270 with a metal wing and DB 601 or Jumo 210?
Depending on the whiffer's personal universe perhaps it is offered to foreign
buyers with their choice of V-12, maybe a Hispano-Suiza 12Y, R-R- Kestrel,
or...?

Jon

[Radish]

Great stuff.
Having filled, sanded, filled and re-sanded the fuselage, I've had a good go on the wing/fuselage joint which is really exceptionally bad. I've thought long and hard about it, and I reckon after this one, my future builds will have the entire "face" of the wing excavated so it can be "squigged" into place with glue. I'll try it anyway.

But I LOVE the floatplane one!!

[Mossie]

So I guess it's worth paying the extra tenner for the ICM kit to avoid the aggro?  Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble with it Terry!

[Radish]

Perseverence, that's all that's needed, along with a good supply of filler.

[Gunbird]

I'm intending to build one in a canard configuration, but would she look better with the inline or with the radial in such a guise?