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                         Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet bylo německé stíhací letadlo používané během druhé světové války a prvním operačně nasazeným bezocasým letounem poháněným raketovým motorem. Jednalo se o jednu z nejpozoruhodnějších leteckých konstrukcí druhé světové války.

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, it is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000 km/h (621 mph) in level flight.

Its performance and aspects of its design were unprecedented. German test pilot Heini Dittmar in early July 1944 reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), an unofficial flight airspeed recordunmatched by turbojet-powered aircraft for almost a decade. Over 300 Komets were built, but the aircraft proved ineffective in its dedicated role as an interceptor and destroyed about nine to 18 Allied aircraft against 10 losses.Aside from combat losses many pilots were killed during testing and training.

Role	Interceptor
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt
First flight	Me 163A V4 on 1 September 1941
Introduction	1944
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	~370
Developed into	Messerschmitt Me 263

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: (Me 163S + 1)
• Length: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 19.6 m² (211 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,905 kg (4,200 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,309 kg (9,500 lb)
• Fuel capacity:
  • C-Stoff (fuel) 468 kg (1,032 lb)
  • T-Stoff (oxidiser) 1,550 kg (3,420 lb)
    Plan view of the un-restored Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet at the Smithsonian Institute’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA.

• Powerplant: 1 × Helmut Walter Kiel Kommandogesellschaft HWK 109-509A-2 bi-propellant liquid-fuelled rocket motor, 14.71 kN (3,307 lbf) thrust maximum ; 980 N (220 lbf) minimum, fully variable

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 900 km/h (559 mph; 486 kn) at all altitudes, sea level to 12,000 m (39,000 ft)

• Flap limiting speed: 300 km/h (190 mph; 160 kn)

• Rotate speed at take-off: 280 km/h (170 mph; 150 kn)

• Best climbing speed: 700–720 km/h (430–450 mph; 380–390 kn)

• Endurance: 7.5 mins powered

• Rate of climb: 81 m/s (16,000 ft/min)

• Time to altitude: From standing start

  • 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 1.48 min

  • 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 2.02 min

  • 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 2.27 min

  • 8,000 m (26,000 ft) in 2.84 min

  • 10,000 m (33,000 ft) in 3.19 min

  • 12,000 m (39,000 ft) in 3.45 min

• Wing loading: 209 kg/m² (43 lb/sq ft) at maximum take-off weight

• Thrust/weight: 0.42 lbf/lb (0.004 kN/kg)

Armament

• Guns:

  • 2 × 30 mm (1.181 in) Rheinmetall Borsig MK 108 cannon with 60 rpg (B-1a)

or

• • 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon with 100 rpg (Ba-1 / B-0 pre-production aircraft)