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Two-seat floatplane
The Heinkel HE 1 (aka Caspar S 1 ) was a two-seat, low-wing
monoplane
floatplane , designed in 1921 by
German designer
Ernst Heinkel at
Caspar-Werke .
The HE 1 was produced under licence in
Sweden for the
Marinen (Swedish Navy) in 1921 as the Svenska S.2 . The HE 1 was powered by a 179 kW (240 hp)
Maybach Mb.IVa
engine ; one test aircraft was powered by a
Siddeley Puma engine.
Specifications
Data from
[1]
General characteristics
Crew: Two (pilot & observer/gunner)
Length: 12.65 m (41 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Empty weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
Gross weight: 2,320 kg (5,115 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Maybach Mb IVa 6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 9 minutes
Armament
1 × flexible machine gun in rear cockpit
Operators
Sweden
References
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London: Studio Editions. p. 498.
Company designations pre-1933
Heinkel Eindecker (HE) monoplanes Heinkel Doppeldecker (HD) biplanes
RLM designations 1933–1945 Projects 1933–1945 Foreign designations
Attack aircraft (
A ) Bombers (
B ) Army aeroplanes (
Fpl ) Gliders (
G /
Lg /
Se ) Helicopter (
Hkp ) Fighters (
J ) Advanced trainers (
Ö ) Trials aircraft (
P ) Reconnaissance (
S ) Trainers (
Sk ) Torpedo bombers (
T ) Transports (
Trp/Tp )