Heinkel HE 1
Two-seat floatplane
| HE 1 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Reconnaissance floatplane Type of aircraft |
| 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 German 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heinkel HE 1.
- ^ "Caspar S 1". Histaviation.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 498.
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Heinkel aircraft
pre-1933
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1933–1945
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- He 47
- He 49
- He 50
- He 51
- He 52
- He 57
- He 58
- He 59
- He 60
- He 61
- He 62
- He 63
- He 64
- He 65
- He 66
- He 70
- He 71
- He 72
- He 74
- He 100
- He 111
- He 112
- He 113
- He 114
- He 115
- He 116
- He 118
- He 119
- He 120
- He 162
- He 170
- He 172
- He 176
- He 177
- He 178
- He 179
- He 219
- He 220
- He 270
- He 274
- He 275
- He 277
- He 278
- He 280
- He 319
- He 343
- He 419
- He 519
- Svenska S 5 (HE 5)
- Orlogsvaerftet HM.II. (HE 8)
- Aichi Type H Carrier Fighter (HD 23)
- Type 2 Two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane (HD 25)
- Type 2 Single-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane (HD 26)
- Heinkel Three-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane (HD 28)
- Aichi E3A (HD 56)
- Aichi AB-5 (HD 62)
- Hitachi AXHei (He 100)
- Heinkel A7He (He 112)
- Yokosuka DXHe (He 118)
