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Heinkel He 46

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Background
Development
Production and operational service
Variants
Operators
Specifications (He 46C-1)
See also
References

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Army co-operation

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first flight =Late 1931

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Hungarian Air Force
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The Heinkel He 46 was a German World War II-era monoplane designed in 1931 for the close reconnaissance and army co-operation roles. While it served with the Luftwaffe{{'}}s front-line units only briefly at the start of World War II, the He 46 served as late as 1943 as a nighttime nuisance bomber and with the Hungarian Air Force.

Background

During the early 1930s, the German military was beginning to build up in strength. The RLM (German Air Ministry) wanted aircraft that could be rapidly built and would be able to swell the Luftwaffe{{'}}s inventory with large numbers of aircraft for training. Ernst Heinkel designed many of these early aircraft. The He 46, for instance was, created to fill the short-range reconnaissance and army co-operation role for the Luftwaffe.

Development

As designed in 1931, the He 46 was a two-seat sesquiplane of mixed construction. The upper wing was swept back 10°. This is a common trick when a change in an aircraft's design moves the center of gravity to the rear; rather than moving the whole wing back to counter for the shift, it is easier to simply angle the wings back slightly, which requires very little change to the basic design, or even the overall structure of the wing. (The similarly angled wings on the Fairey Swordfish are due to just such a mid-program change to the weight distribution of the aircraft.) The tailplane was mounted high and braced by struts. The undercarriage was fixed, and the tail was fitted with a skid rather than a wheel. The He 46 prototype first flew in late 1931; its flight characteristics were good, but design improvements were incorporated. The small lower wing was removed, while the mainplane was increased in area by 22% and braced to the fuselage, transforming the He 46 into a parasol-wing monoplane. A more powerful engine was added to the second prototype, and a single 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun for the rear seat was added to the third prototype.

Production and operational service

In 1933, production started on the He 46. The first production version, the He 46C-1, featured the improvements added to the prototypes, plus it could carry either a camera or 200 kg (441 lb) of bombs. By 1934, about 500 He 46s had been built, and, by 1936, the Luftwaffe{{'}}s aerial reconnaissance wings were all equipped with the He 46. In September and November 1936, 28 He 46C-1s were given to the Spanish Nationalists for use in the Spanish Civil War, one escuadrilla being used by Condor Legion. By the spring of 1938, the Luftwaffe started to gradually replace the He 46 with the Henschel Hs 126, and by the time of the Invasion of Poland in 1939, only two units were still equipped with the He 46. By the time Germany invaded France in 1940, all He 46 aircraft had been withdrawn from operational service, although they did continue service in training units. The Hungarians, with He 46s supplied by Germany, took the He 46 to war against the Soviet Union in 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa, during which the planes served up to 1943. The Germans took the He 46 back to war in 1943, when aircraft were taken from training units and used for night-bombing harassment missions over the Soviet Union.

Variants

He 46a : First prototype.
He 46b : Second prototype.
He 46c : Third prototype.
He 46C-1 : Initial production version.
He 46C-2 : Export version of the He 46C-1 for Bulgaria, fitted with an NACA engine cowlings. 18 aircraft built.
He 46D-0 : Six pre-production aircraft.
He 46E-1 :
He 46E-2 :
He 46E-3 :
He 46F-1 : Unarmed observer training aircraft.
He 46F-2 : Unarmed observer training aircraft.

Operators

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Bulgarian Air Force

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Luftwaffe

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Royal Hungarian Air Force

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Spanish Air Force

Specifications (He 46C-1)

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|ref= Kay & Smith, p. 120.^[1]
|crew=2 (pilot, observer/gunner)
|length main=9.5 m
|length alt=31 ft 2 in
|span main=14 m
|span alt=45 ft 11¼ in
|height main=3.4 m
|height alt=11 ft 11¾ in
|area main=32.2 m²
|area alt=347 ft²
|empty weight main=1,765 kg
|empty weight alt=3,891 lb
|loaded weight main=2,300 kg
|loaded weight alt=5,070 lb
|max takeoff weight main=
|max takeoff weight alt=
|engine (prop)=Bramo SAM 22B (later called 322B)
|type of prop=radial piston engine
|number of props=1
|power main=493 kW
|power alt=660 hp
|max speed main=250 km/h
|max speed alt=135 kn, 155 mph
|range main=1,000 km
|range alt=540 nmi, 621 mi
|ceiling main=6,000 m
|ceiling alt=19,680 ft
|climb rate main=
|climb rate alt=
|loading main=
|loading alt=
|power/mass main=
|power/mass alt=
|armament=

1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine gun for rear seat.
Up to 20 × 10 kg (22 lb) bombs

}}

References

Notes

1. ^Kay, A.L. & Smith, J.R., p. 120.

Bibliography

Kay, A.L. and Smith, J.R. German Aircraft of World War II. Naval Institute Press, 2002.

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