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| Heinkel P.1080 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Ramjet fighter |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Heinkel |
| Status | Abandoned |
| Number built | 0 |
| History | |
| Developed from | Heinkel P.1078 |
The Heinkel P.1080 was a German Emergency Fighter proposed by Heinkel.
Work on the P.1080 began in early 1945 when the Ministry of Aviation issued specifications for a fighter powered by two ramjets. The specifications called for two DFS ramjet engines, each with 3,440 pounds (1,560 kg) of thrust. [1] The aircraft would have been tailless, with the elevators built in to the swept wing, which was based on that of the Heinkel P.1078, and would have had a single vertical stabilizer. The cockpit was located far forward in the fuselage, and the two engines were mounted at the wing roots. The nose would have housed a radar and two 30 mm MK 108 cannon. For takeoff, the aircraft would have been fitted with solid-fuel RATO boosters and jettisonable undercarriage. Landing would have been accomplished with a retractable skid. No prototypes were built. [1]
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