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Heinkel He-51 Ground Attack
Introduction date July 1934
First flight May 1933
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| Role | Biplane fighter-bomber |
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| Manufacturer | Heinkel |
| Designer | Günter brothers |
| First flight | May 1933 |
| Introduction | July 1934 |
| Retired | 1939 (Luftwaffe) 1952 (Spanish Air Force) |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | 700 |
| Developed from | Heinkel He 49 |
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History Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Heinkel He 51 Ground Attack Aircraft
Introduction date July 1934
First flight May 1933
In 1931, Heinkel recruited the talented aircraft designers Walter and Siegfried Günter. Their first major design for Heinkel was the Heinkel He 49. While this was officially an advanced trainer, in fact it was a fighter. The type was ordered into production for the still secret Luftwaffe as the He 51, with the first pre-production aircraft flying in May 1933. Deliveries started in July of the next year.
The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter aircraft. A seaplane variant and a ground-attack version were also developed. It was a development of the earlier He 49..
Variants
- He 51a
- Prototype, with new vertical tail, revised wings and undercarriage, new radiator compared to the He 49.
- He 51A-0
- Pre-production aircraft; 9 built.
- He 51A-1
- Initial production version; 150 built.
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Heinkel He 51 Ground Attack Aircraft
Introduction date July 1934
First flight May 1933
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- Crew: One
- Length: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 27.2 m2 (293 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 1,460 kg (3,219 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI 7.3 Z V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 559 kW (750 hp)
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 330 km/h
- Cruise speed: 280 km/h
- Range: 570 km
- Service ceiling: 7,700 m (25,300 ft)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 1 minute 24 seconds
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- 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 16 minute 30 seconds
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- Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in nose; 500 rpg
- Bombs: 6 × 10 kg (22 lb) bombs (on C-1/C-2 ground attack variants only)
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The He 51 lasted in front-line service with the Luftwaffe until 1938, when it was relegated to use as an advanced trainer duties with the Jagdfliegerschulen[14] for the first few years of World War II.
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