TL5.Jet.txt

Heinkel He 162a "Salamander" ("Volksjager")
 
  The He 162a was one of Germany's production fighters from late in World War
II.  The fighter was a single engine jet fighter, carrying either 2 30mm or 2
20mm cannon.  It was designed to be cheap, easy to fly, and easy to maintain.
As with the rest of the German jet fleet,  it was to late to change the results
of the air war.
 
  Weight: 2.694 tn
                            Mass    SA      Power   MCr
  Transonic Airframe        .2694   [2.6]           .08082
   Eff.: .95  Max: 1100
  Turbojet                  .5679           [.0129] .085185
   T-Th: 2.044  FC: .141975
  Enhanced Mechanical Cont. .03024          .00052  .00078
  Crewstation               .2                      .00078
  TL-5 Avionics             .0001           .01     .05
  Oxygen Tanks & Mask       .01                     .0001
  Fuel                      .78736                  .00019634
    787.361 l
  Ejection Seat             .1                      .005
  2x 3L60 Autocannon        .484                    .012
  100 rounds 3cm APDS       .04                     .0006
  30km Radio                .1              .001    .00025
 
  Clean Weight:  2.694tn  Thrust: 2.327tn  Glide Ratio: 5-1
  G-Rating: .758  Max. Speed: 1100 (2655) Cruising Speed: 825 (1991)
  Min. Speed: 160  Takeoff Roll: 256.45m  Landing Roll: 124m
  Travel Move: 3300km  Combat Move: 150m  Agility: 6
  Vol: 161.64m3  Endurance: 5.5 hr  Range: 4575km
 
  Heinkel He-162A "Salamander" (also known as the "Volksjager")
  TL-6
  Price: Cr235,711  Size: 168 Kl  displacement= 12 tons (VS)
  Mass: 1.76tn (Empty), 2.689tn (Loaded)
  Power:  1 Turbojet producing 2.044 tons of thrust
  Maint: 1  Controls: Enhanced Mechanical, TL-5 Flight Avionics
  Commo: 30Km Radio  Life Support: Light, Heat, Oxygen Tank & Mask
  Crew: 1  Armament: 2 fixed forward 3L60 Autocannon.  50 rounds APDS each.
  Travel Move: 3300km  Combat Move: 150m  Fuel Capacity: 787.36l of HCD
  Fuel Consumption: 143 Kl/Hr (endurance of 5.5 Hr)
  Max. Speed: 1100kph  Cruising Speed: 825kph  Minimum Speed: 160kph
  Takeoff Roll: 256.45m  Landing Roll: 124m  Range: 4575m
 
  Combat Statistics
  3L60 AC   ROF: 13  Range: 300m  D: 6  Pen: 1- 1- 2
 
  The real He-162a is slower (a top speed of 840 kph),  and it's engine, the
BMW 003 E-1,  produced less thrust (.789 tons).  Using FF&S, and the actual
engine, you get a top speed of 1025 kph  which is still higher than the
actual speeds achieved.  The actual aircraft had an endurance (at top speed)
of about 30 min. at sea level,  so the FF&S version is also much more fuel
efficient.
 
  TL-6 was selected for the aircraft because FF&S lists several of it's
important features at that tech level.  Notably, the required airframe
(because of the 840 kph top speed)  and the ejection seat.  TL-6 was listed
as C. 1950,  and that is about the equivalent level at which the majority of
the German equipment from the last years of the war performed.
 
  Having no good data on the armament,  other than bore, the 3L60 was chosen to
simplify design.  60 calibre is the standard portrayed in the table.  APDS ammo
was chosen to enhance the pentration of the gun,  which was very poor.  The ammo
was available at this time,  and was in use in armored divisions.  The plane
most likely used standard AP rounds,  which would produce a penetration of
2- 2- 3.