In
Service: 1943 to 1945
First Flight: Manufacturer: Henschel
Number built: Type: Air-to-Air Missiles
Guidance system:
radio controlled
Length: 4.30 m
Wingspan: 2 m
Diameter:
0.35 m
Weight: 325 kg
Engine: 1 ×
BMW
109-558 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 375 kg of thrust
Maximum
speed: 900 km/h
Range: 32 km
Warhead: 25 kg
Fuze:
proximity
Launch Platform: Do
217,
Ju 188,
Ju
388 Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants: Hs
117 Hs 117H Other: Missiles
Articles: The Henschel Hs 117H was a air to air missile. Designed and developed
by
Henschel und Sohn
in 1941 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Herbert
Alois Wagner.
The Henschel Hs 117H was launched from one of the following
Do 217,
Ju
188, or
Ju 388
once launched the missiles rocket engine would kick in which was a
BMW
109-558 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 375 kg of thrust, an alternative
main engine could be used, which was the
Walter
109-729. An automatic system was employed to ensure that the missile flew
at its correct, Mac number and that the correct airspeed was obtained.
The Henschel Hs 117H sighting of the missile was by the standard Revi reflector.
the missile was controlled by a line of sight The control link was along similar
lines to the Kehl-Straßburg (designed and developed by Telefunken) system.
Testing of the Henschel Hs 117 began in May 1944 at
Karlshagen
on the Baltic coast, and by September twenty two. Henschel Hs 117 had been launched
including the ones launched by
He
111.
There was ground launched variant the
Hs
117 which was launched from a modified 3.7 cm gun carriage.
The Warplanes
of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second
World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
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sources 