Heinkel Lerche

Heinkel " Lerche " was the name of a project study of the Heinkel works from the years 1944/45, for a revolutionary VTOL aircraft (VTOL ) program to develop an interceptor.

Noteworthy addition to elsewhere advanced features of a VTOL aircraft ( like the one with the nose upstanding starting position) were the most unusual arrangement of the rotors, the reclined seating position of the pilot and the wing design that no conventional wing, but a ring around the counter-rotating propeller screws envisaged.

The project studies were completed in March 1945, but the catastrophic material supply at the end of the war stopped the project. The futuristic design is theoretically capable of flight, but untested. Whether the project practice tests would have survived, remains completely open.

The sister project was the Heinkel Wespe, a slightly smaller version, which should be fitted instead of two rotors with a turboprop engine.

Specifications

Swell

  • Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, D. Herwig & H. Rode, ISBN 1-85780-150-4
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