Blohm & Voss BV 143

The Blohm & Voss BV 143 was a developed from the company Blohm & Voss glide bomb, which should be used from the air and later by land ( catapult ) against ship targets.

The peculiarity of this glide bomb was in flight profile. For this reason, the glide bomb was also sometimes referred to as " above-water torpedo ". The driven by a short-acting Walter rocket engine gyro-stabilized glide bomb should be dropped from a carrier aircraft at some distance from the target and intercepted by a controlled with variometer gliding just above the water surface by a mechanical sensor and then a small height above the water surface the destination ( ship ) approach. At the beginning of the development of the target control should be ensured only by the gyro-stabilized flight path. When testing, however, showed that the lateral deviation could not be maintained within the necessary limits. For this reason (contrast or light controls, infrared controls how the device "Hamburg" ) and a television steering was in the further development via the installation of a remote steering and also the use of homing devices considered, but these ideas have not been tested in practice. The interception of the missile just above the water surface could not be satisfactorily resolved during the entire development. The development was continued after 1942 without war important priority and mid-1943 set.

Series

  • BV 143 V- pattern (for the drop test )
  • BV 143 A (only wind tunnel model)
  • BV 143 A-2 ( catapult device with Anschütz - control)
  • BV 143 A -3 ( catapult device with Askania control)
  • BV 143 B ( completely revised new construction )

Specifications

BV 143 V- pattern: Wingspan: 3.30 m Length: 5.98 m

BV 143 A ( extrapolated from the wind tunnel model) Wingspan: 3.05 m Length: 6.90 m

BV 143 catapult devices ( A-2/A-3 ) Wingspan: 3.20 m Length: 6.22 m

BV 143 B: Wingspan: 2.52 m Length: 5.18 m

Weights refer to the BV 143 V- pattern Curb weight: 407.5 kg Fuel: 165.5 kg ( 150 kg fuel air and additional 15.5 kg ) explosive charge: 500 kg (BV 143B: 1000 kg ) Total weight: 1073 kg

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