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He-231 Florett
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By DH106
03/10/2011 - 10:23:35

Type: Military air vehicle
Rating: 0.05 (Not rated)
Tags: 231, dh106, fighter, florett, he, heinkel, jet, supersonic, vtol

Description

Heinkel He-231 Florett - Geplantes deutsches Senkrechtstarterjagdflugzeug aus den 1950ern. Die VJ-101 wurde danach unter Verwendung der Erfahrungen mehrerer konkurrierender Entwürfe aus dieser Maschine entwickelt, einige Male geflogen und dann gestrichen. / German planned VTOL supersonic fighter from the 1950s. It was not built, but redeveloped into the VJ-101 using additional experiences from competing designs. This aircraft in turn was flown several times but got cancelled before introduction to Luftwaffe service.

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By ZengZicong
 

I love WWII German concepts

By nachoproblem
 

Apparently there were 2 concepts submitted for He-231, which are totally different. This is the correct Siegried Günter version. The other one is a tail-sitter.

By CloudyVision
 

Awesome plane, I really like this thing's design.

By DH106
 

It seems like this design is one of the last designs by Siegfried Günter who was responsible for many noted aircraft like the He-70, 111 or 162. I only found the German Wiki page on this aircraft; the sketches on the page You mentioned are much better.

By Thaiylia
 

Roger, It'll be my Spore priority. May the Sun be at your back!

By Thaiylia
 

.... the Soviets kidnapped German engineers while America bought them, or let them in because they feared the Nazis and Soviets...

By Thaiylia
 

So.. can you tell me who did the HE-231, it ws most hard to find and the only conection I could find to the He-231a/Vj-101 was through http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287752apage=388

By Thaiylia
 

Btw I really dig these jet VTOLS!

By Thaiylia
 

What? I have to create the 99th Name That Plane!? I'm an amature on planes and ya know how long it takes me to make one creation? It would be an honor but you'd have to give me some time to do some research and building.

By Thaiylia
 

Not to talk against a master of planes, but the images of the Florett I have are labeled He 031 and don't seem to have any VTOL capability, yet have that signature air intake later attributed to MIGS. The Soviets Stole German Engineers while America bought

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