the F8F Bearcat. Today I test flew my newest design the HE100. It came out heavy at 2lbs 14
ounces, and is tail heavy. I have to move the CG 1" forward before the next flights. I think its
going to work very well and production of more HE100s will commence shortly.
was another failed attempt
by Ernst Heikel AG to
compete against the Bf 109.
Disappointed by the loss of
the Luftwaffe's fighter
orders to BFW and it's Bf
109 and the failure of the He
112, Heinkel set out to build
a lighter and faster fighter
that was also cheaper and
easier to build. The
resulting Projekt 1035 was
completed on May 25, 1937
and by the end 1937 the
RLM had sanctioned a
prototype and ten
pre-production machines.
The prototype flew on
January 22, 1938 was very
fast but was disliked due to
high wing loading. The He
100 achieved some of it's
speed by doing away with
the anti-aerodynamic
radiatoer and using a
surface evaporative system
for cooling. Even though
the He 100 broke several
world speed records, the
RLM was solidly supportive
of the Bf 109 and failed to
order the He 100 into
production. Six prototypes
were eventually sold to the
Soviet Union and three He
100D-0 went to Japan. The
three He 100D-0's being
armed with two MG 17 and a
20mm MG/FF. The remaining
12 He 100D-1 fighters were
used to form a
Heinkel-Rostock factory
defense unit, flown by
Heinkel pilots. However, in
1940, Goebbels publicised
the He 100 to the extent that
British intelligence reported
the He 100 in large scale
service as the He 113.
