Heinkel He-100 and He-112 Fighters

[GTX]

Hi folks,

What if Heinkel managed to be more successful with having either the He-112 or He-100 enter service:

He-112:




He-100:




What whiffs/mods can you think of?

Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

He-112s were used by Rumania in real life.

[Arc3371]

Aircraft and license for the He-112 sold to Hungary, Tested by the IJN and the USSR and of course sold to Spain and Romania

[jcf]

He 112 could have been a decent ground attack machine.

Jon

[Daryl J.]

I'd have kept the rounded features of the tail empennage found on some of the prototypes, just enlarged them thus keeping the full Heinkel look.

[edit] That would be for the He-112.   As for the He-100, how about preserving the airframe, painting it in Sauber Mercedes markings and racing it at Reno?



,
Daryl J.

[GTX]

Can one imagine the potential confusion with Spitfires if the He-112 beat the Me-109 to be the Luftwaffe's main fighter?!  That wing!!!

Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

He-112s were used by Rumania in real life.

Aircraft and license for the He-112 sold to Hungary, Tested by the IJN and the USSR and of course sold to Spain and Romania

Yep, aware of both - hence why I said "more successful".

BTW, you forgot Condor Legion use:



Spain:



Japan:



Hungary:


Romania:


Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

As for the He-100, how about preserving the airframe, painting it in Sauber Mercedes markings and racing it at Reno?

Given the He-100 actually did hold spped records for a while this may not be that far fetched.  The V-8 (see below) with a DB-601R (giving 2300 hp in brief spurts) flew to a new record on March 30th, 1939, at 746.6 km/h (463.9 mph).



Regards,

Greg

[Arc3371]

He-112s were used by Rumania in real life.

Aircraft and license for the He-112 sold to Hungary, Tested by the IJN and the USSR and of course sold to Spain and Romania

Yep, aware of both - hence why I said "more successful".

BTW, you forgot Condor Legion use:






Regards,

Greg

:redx:  Repost please

And I didn´t think that the single prototype was that interesting (V6?)

[GTX]

How's that?

BTW, here's an idea - what if you put floats (ala Spitfire floatplane) onto the He-100 or He-112 to create a He-100W or He-112W?

Regards,

Greg

[Arc3371]

Much better!

Or a He-112T/He-100T for the Graf Zeppelin

[Excalibur]

Comments from someone not famliar with the aircraft... The HE-112 looks like a great torpedo bomber to me.  

[philp]

I picked up the old Lindbergh kit at the US Nats and am looking for a good scheme for it.
Any other ideas out there?

[GTX]

Of course those familiar with John Baxter's books will have seen/read about a He-100T:



Here's another I found (called a He-113T):



This was by Craig Burke (anyone know him?) - he has quite a few whiffs - see here.

Regards,

Greg

[jcf]

The He 100 would have been a real headache for Luftwaffe maintenance crews had it gone into widespread service, thanks to it's evaporative cooling system.  A few bullets would have made a real mess of it, not to mention the cold starts in Russia.  Fast, yes, but speed alone does not a good fighter make. 

No, the Luftwaffe got the better fighter with the Fw 190, which was a better aircraft to fly, certainly a better aircraft to land and more adaptable than the Bf 109.

The evaporative system was dumped with the He 100D-1 'production' fighter, that series used an enlarged retractable radiator.

The bigger problem facing the aircraft is that it was pretty much designed around and tailored to the DB 601, re-engining would have required major redesign.

Jon