The Heinkel He P.1079 was a projected German
V-tail all weather jet fighter designed by
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, with ...
in the closing stages of World War II.
The aircraft was only a design; it was not produced.
Design and development
In 1945, the
German Air Ministry
The Ministry of Aviation (german: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelmstrasse ...
requested new designs for a new generation of jet fighters such as the
Horten Ho 229 and
Focke Wulf Ta 183. One of these designs was the Heinkel He P.1079. The initial design, known as the P.1079A, was a V-tail night fighter with wings that featured a 35 degree
sweepback
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 ...
. The second and third designs were flying wings with a single vertical fin which replaced the V-tail of the P.1079A. The P.1079.B2 was a completely
tailless flying wing. None of the three designs were ever produced, with development work ceasing at the end of World War II.
Variants
;He P.1079A
Initial design with 35 degree swept wings and a V-tail. Intended to be powered by
Heinkel HeS 011 turbojets.
;He P.1079B
Second design had a vertical tail and
gull wings. This was the single-seat, all weather, heavy fighter with the same intended engines as the P.1079A.
;He P.1079B-2 (Entwurf II)
Last design of the He P.1079 and the tailless version; the wings were swept back sharply. This design could accommodate six fuel tanks in the wings. No evidence was found the design was submitted to the RLM.
Specifications (Projected - He P1079A)
See also
References
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World War II fighter aircraft of Germany
P1079
World War II jet aircraft of Germany