In Service:
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Focke-Wulf
Number built: 1
Type: Prototype jet engined fighter
Crew: 1 man
Length: 9.2 m
Wingspan: 10 m
Wing area: 22.5 m²
Height:
Empty: 2,380 kg
Loaded: 4,300 kg
Engine: 1 ×
Heinkel
HeS 011 turbojet engine producing up to kg of thrust
Maximum speed: 955 km/h
Range:
Service ceiling: 14,000 m
Armament:
4 ×
30 mm MK
108 cannons
4 × X-4 air-to-air missile
Bomb load up to
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 was a single seat single turbojet with
a stubby fuselage mid mounted wings sweptback slender fin
sweptback fighter prototype
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