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The Heinkel He 118 was a German dive bomber design that competed with the Junkers Ju 87 for production, but was never ordered for the Luftwaffe. Designed by the Günter Brothers , it was a conventional cantilever monoplane with an inverted Gull Wing of elliptical planform mounted mid-way up the fuselage. It was considerably more streamlined than Junkers' competitor, with retractable undercarriage and an internal bay for its bombs. In trials, however, it was discovered that its maximum dive angle was only 50 degrees, and after Ernst Udet destroyed one of the prototypes in the air by flying it outside its design limits it was judged unsuitable and dropped from the competition. Only 15 were built and two of these were given to Japan, where it provided the inspiration for the Yokosuka D4Y naval dive bomber. One of the other examples was used by the Heinkel company as a flying testbed for the Heinkel HeS.3 turbojet. SPECIFICATIONS (HE 118) General characteristics
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RELATED CONTENT Related development: Yokosuka D4Y Comparable aircraft: Designation sequence: He 115 - He 116 - Hs 117 - He 118 - He 119 - He 120 - Hs 121 |
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