Heinkel HE 1

HE 1
General information
Type	Reconnaissance floatplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Caspar-Werke
Designer	Ernst Heinkel
Primary user	Swedish Navy (Marinen )
Number built	14
History
First flight	1923

The Heinkel HE 1 or 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

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.