Heinkel_He162_Salamander

Panzerspiel · Post by **Panzerspiel** » 11 Mar 2007 03:14

All,
I also understand that the back mounted turbojet engine gave the machine a high center of gravity and it tended to roll over during flight.
Panzerspiel

ChrisMAg2 · Post by **ChrisMAg2** » 11 Mar 2007 08:16

Universal the God of War wrote:a he-162 pilot claimed he achieved an aerial victory in a he-162 is this true ?

The claim is unverfied! So the decision -if it were true or not- cannot be made.

Regards
Christian M. Aguilar

hellmanofthehammerforce · Post by **hellmanofthehammerforce** » 14 Mar 2007 21:59

I can't quite remember where I read this, so admittedly I'm on shaky ground, but I had an idea in post-war allied evaluations, the 162 was assessed as not being such a bad aircraft, providing it was in the hands of an experienced pilot?

zmija · Post by **zmija** » 15 Mar 2007 00:18

You mean this?

http://www.aviation-history.com/garber/ ... -40_f.html

hellmanofthehammerforce · Post by **hellmanofthehammerforce** » 15 Mar 2007 20:31

Hi

not sure that's the exact same thing I read, but yeah, that was the jist of it. Still, for its hidden qualities, it was never gonna work for teen pilots I'd guess. Fascinating looking machine tho - we have a couple in museums in London, along with a 163 - I find that area of wartime engineering so interesting, this weird meeting of desperately ill-conceived projects (in the short term context at least) and cutting-edge technology - I guess the Natter might be the ultimate expression of that!

DragunovSVD · Post by **DragunovSVD** » 06 Apr 2007 04:56

can't quite remember where I read this, so admittedly I'm on shaky ground, but I had an idea in post-war allied evaluations, the 162 was assessed as not being such a bad aircraft, providing it was in the hands of an experienced pilot?

yeah... i read somewhere on the web that it was a pleasure to fly in the hands of a good pilot, and the Brits captured one and they flew it at airshows for 5(?) or so years until the tail snapped off (flimsy wood construction?)

the avation museum here in Ottawa has 2 he 162s.

kamehouse · Post by **kamehouse** » 06 Apr 2007 08:19

The Imperial War Museum in London have one on display.
Regards,
K

faf_476 · Post by **faf_476** » 07 Apr 2007 08:48

Whose pilot is that?

Cantankerous · Post by **Cantankerous** » 14 Sep 2023 16:05

I took this photo of a Heinkel He 162A-2 (Werknummer 120077) at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California, on April 13, 2019. This He 162 was captured by the British at Leck and sent to the United States in 1945, where it received the designation FE-489 (Foreign Equipment 489) and later T-2-489.

He 162 Sparrow.JPG

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