Engineering:Heinkel HE 1
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Short description: Two-seat floatplane
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| Role | Reconnaissance floatplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Caspar-Werke |
| Designer | Ernst Heinkel |
| First flight | 1923 |
| Primary user | Swedish Navy (Marinen ) |
| Number built | 14 |
The Heinkel HE 1 (aka Caspar S 1) was a two-seat, low-wing monoplane floatplane, designed in 1921 by Germany designer Ernst Heinkel at Caspar-Werke.
The HE 1 was produced under licence in Sweden for the Marinen (Swedish Navy) in 1921 as the Svenska S.2. The HE 1 was powered by a 179 kW (240 hp) Maybach Mb.IVa engine; one test aircraft was powered by a Siddeley Puma engine.
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot & observer/gunner)
- Length: 12.65 m (41 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
- Empty weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,320 kg (5,115 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb IVa 6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 9 minutes
Armament
1 × flexible machine gun in rear cockpit
Operators
Sweden
- Swedish Navy
- Swedish Air Force
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 498.
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