Paper Card Model Kit Fighter Heinkel He 100D Paper Card Model Kit Fighter Heinkel He 100D
The model kit of German fighter Heinkel He-100D
Type: fighter
Series: aircraft of World War II
Country: Germany, 1938
Scale 1:33
Volume: 10 sheets A4 (8,3 x 11,7)
Instruction: in Russian (detailed illustrations are included)
For building you may need: scissors, glue for paper, sharp knife (or scalpel), awl, ruler, toothpicks or matches, cardboard (about 1 mm thick)
This model kit has the high printing quality.
The model has excellent detailing.
A competent selection with drawing of the pointing, niches of the chassis, mobile rudders and flaps; all plumage is given by separate details. Manufacturing an interior of a cabin is stipulated. There is a film for the lantern of the cabin.
The prototype
The Heinkel He 100 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be the fastest fighter in the world at the time, the design was not ordered into production, due largely to the Luftwaffe concentrating on the Messerschmitt Bf 109 along with a serious shortage of engines making production of two similar aircraft out of the question.
He 100D-1
The final evolution of the short He 100 history is the D-1 model. As the name suggests the design was supposed to be very similar to the pre-production D-0s, the main planned change was to enlarge the horizontal stabilizer.
But the big change was the eventual abandonment of the surface cooling system, which proved to be too complex and failure prone. Instead an even larger version of the retractable radiator was installed, and this appeared to completely cure the problems. The radiator was inserted in a "plug" below the cockpit, and as a result the wings were widened slightly.
While the aircraft didn't match its design goal of 700 km/h once it was loaded down with weapons, the larger canopy and the radiator, it was still capable of speeds in the 400 mph (644 km/h) range. A low drag airframe is good for both speed and range, and as a result the He 100 had a combat radius between 900 and 1000 km compared to the 109's 600 km. While not in the same league as the later escort fighters, this was at the time a superb range and may have offset the need for the 110 to some degree.
By this point the war was underway, and as the Luftwaffe would not purchase the aircraft in its current form, the production line was shut down. The remaining twelve He 100D-1c fighters were used to form Heinkel's Marienehe factory defense unit, flown by factory test pilots. They replaced the earlier He 112s that were used for the same purpose, and the 112s were later sold off. At this early stage in the war there were no bombers venturing that far into Germany, and it appears that the unit never saw action. The eventual fate of the D-1s remains unknown. The aircraft were also put to an interesting propaganda/disinformation role, as the supposed Heinkel He 113.
General characteristics
Crew: one, pilot
Length: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.42 m (30 ft 11 in)
Height: 3.60 m (11 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 14.5 m² (156 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,070 kg (4,563 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)
Power plant: 1× Daimler-Benz DB 601M liquid-cooled supercharged V12 engine, 876 kW (1,175 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 668 km/h (362 knots, 416 mph)
Range: 900 km (486 nm, 560 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,090 ft)
Armament
1 × 20 mm MG FF cannon
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns
