Lippisch P.13
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The Lippisch P.13 was a 1942 design for a high-speed bomber aircraft by Josef Hubert. Of highly unconventional configuration, it was a tail-less, swept-wing design with an engine and propeller mounted at both the front and rear of the aircraft. A large ventral fin gave it an almost cruciform cross-section.
At the time of the P.13's design, Hubert was working in Dr Alexander Lippisch's department at Messerschmitt; when Lippisch left the firm in April 1943, the department was dissolved and its designs (including the P.13) were abandoned.
The similarly-named Lippisch P.13a and P.13b were completely unrelated projects, undertaken after Lippisch's relocation to Vienna.
[edit] Specifications (P.13, as designed)
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
- Height: 5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
- Powerplant: 2× Daimler-Benz DB 605B engines, 1,100 kW (1,475 hp) each
Performance
Armament
- 1 × bomb
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.[edit] References
- Johnson, Dan. "Lippisch Li P.13 - November 1942 Design." Luft '46. Retrieved April 3, 2005.
- Nowarra, Heniz J. (1983). Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-8289-5315-8
[edit] See also
Related development Lippisch DM-1
Comparable aircraft Dornier Do 335
Related lists List of military aircraft of Germany - List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
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