The Focke-Wulf Strahlrohrjager was a
German
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swept wing
A swept wing is a wing that angles either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than in a straight sideways direction.
Swept wings have been flown since the pioneer days of aviation. Wing sweep at high speeds was first investigate ...
,
ramjet-powered
interceptor aircraft proposal during
World War II. The project was proposed at the same time as the
Focke-Wulf Super Lorin and remained only a design study until the
surrender of Nazi Germany
The German Instrument of Surrender (german: Bedingungslose Kapitulation der Wehrmacht, lit=Unconditional Capitulation of the "Wehrmacht"; russian: Акт о капитуляции Германии, Akt o kapitulyatsii Germanii, lit=Act of capit ...
.
Development
Power for the Strahlrohrjager was to be provided by a
Walter HWK 509
The Walter HWK 109-509 was a German liquid-fuel bipropellant rocket engine that powered the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and Bachem Ba 349 aircraft. It was produced by Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft (HWK) commencing in 1943, with licensed p ...
rocket engine for takeoff, and two Pabst
ramjets. The rocket would provide enough initial
velocity to start the ramjet engines which cannot produce thrust at zero or low
airspeed. The ramjets were located on the tips of the sharply
swept tailplanes and would be used for
cruising. The wings were mounted low in the
fuselage and
swept at 45°. Armament was to have been two 30 mm (1.18 in)
MK 108 cannon
The MK 108 (German: ''Maschinenkanone''—"machine cannon") was a 30 mm caliber autocannon manufactured in Nazi Germany, Germany during World War II by Rheinmetall‑August Borsig, Borsig for use in aircraft.
The cannon saw widespread use as an ...
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Although referred to as Ta 283 in many publications, there is no evidence that the Strahlrohrjager was allocated an RLM designation, and "Ta 283" is a postwar invention derived from the drawing number Nr. 283 for the Strahlrohrjager.
[Dan Sharp; Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe: Jet Fighters 1939-1945, hardback, Mortons, 2020.]
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{{RLM aircraft designations
Ta 283
Abandoned military aircraft projects of Germany
Aircraft with auxiliary rocket engines
Ramjet-powered aircraft
World War II fighter aircraft of Germany
Twinjets
Low-wing aircraft