He162 landing gear test

[n74jw]

Pretty basic design. Are those springs actuating the main gear? I like the little window for the nose wheel.

[memorialflight]

@n74jw Yes they are...

Simple, but reliable design.

[Poopingbotham]

I think it's a shame that Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace wanted their aircraft back so quickly. With this aircraft in bits at Memorial Flight, it would have been a good opportunity to take measurements so that a replica could be built; rather like was done with a Messerschmitt 262

[popsaka1]

...a bit rickity, and two bl**dy narrow, but is someone (who?) really bringing the 162 to flying condition? ...How very exciting!!!

[memorialflight]

@popsaka1 The He-162 was restored for static display only. It is now in Storage at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace near Paris, waiting to be displayed to the public. More on the restoration at : memorial.flight.free.fr

[johntjg]

Where is the Heinkel now??? I heard that the real Yellow 11 that was flown by Oberleutenant Emil Demuth Werk# 120074 was in unrestored airworthy condition in a Canadian museum and was recently traded for a british aircraft 

[memorialflight]

@johntjg The Heinkel is in storage right now, at Le Bourget. It is waiting to be displayed, in the public part of the museum...

[elwman]

Hello, on the previous response about the tailplane horizontal span issue: I have had the mentioned 1/48th kit in the box for 20 years, waiting to correct the tailplane span, and also for a correct scheme I could verify. I have all the decals for Yellow 21, and if I can correct the too long tailplane I will build it, based on your restoration, Thank you.

[memorialflight]

@elwman Sorry, but we don't have the aircraft in the hangar anymore, so we can't give you those infos. There probably was a misunderstanding about the 21 color. It is certainly not white !

Good luck for your model.

[elwman]

On an internet forum website in the past, someone claimed to have spoken to the restoration director on a French website; that there may have been some question at some point on the color of the 21. I wanted only to clear it up. My other issue is the true horizontal span of the tailplane, between the fins. Monogram Close-up 11 lists the span at 2274mm (7'-5.5"). That seems short. My Trimaster kit tailspan is 3ft too long! Are you able to help? Thanks

[tz138]

@elwman Contact the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, California. They have one of these parked in their forign hangar.

[elwman]

A link for drawings is rvresin.com under 1/72 publications. I have studies your website and notice the color difference from the RLM 76 tail cone and the main fuselage lower color. What is the gray color on the fuselage? Also, is it fairly certain now that it should be white "21" instead of yellow "21"? A truly amazing job of restoration, as is the documentation on your website!!

[memorialflight]

@elwman The tail is in RLM76. The fuselage is not painted in RLM color, but in a gray-green color comonly used on late german aircrafts [look at the recently painted He219 fuselage from the NASM] (very similar to english duck-egg green). Although many books say it is RLM76, we did find the 2 dinstinct colors on the tail & fuselage. The 21 is yellow because we find some yellow traces under the paint & we have 2 original photos of the aircraft showing it's not white. Why do you think it's white ?

[elwman]

How about some nice accurate three view drawings, since you have an original?

[memorialflight]

@elwman That would have been a great idea. But unfortunately, we couldn't do it due to a lack of time (we have some other great restorations going on...). The aircraft isn't in our workshop anymore, as the restoration is over.

[n68188]

It would be neat to see a replica aircraft of similar design with a more modern engine of equivalent performance. Something that could be safely flown. The tail section would also have to be modified or more specifically strengthened. They had a habit of breaking off when the rudders were worked too hard.

[tommiatkins]

brilliant. Hope you get the engine going too!

[memorialflight]

@tommiatkins The restoration of the Heinkel 162 is now over (check our website). The aircraft is now waiting to be displayed in le Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget airport.

Although the engine is in excellent condition, it cannot be run without the museum authorization as it is a part of the collection. However this would be very risky (unsafe ?)

[tommiatkins]

@memorialflight thats great news. Shame about the engine. It would be wonderful if the machine could fly again. A remarkable peice of history.

[EnterpriseXI]

@memorialflight i know right. Germany did not make the safest and reliable jet engines in the world. but to me it just looks like just the turbine blades can just be replaces with better quality medal. will that work or will the engine have to be completely redesigned?

[GrigoriZhukov]

@memorialflight considering how unreliable and how short a cycle time those engines had? It'd be crimminal to run an original imo. BUT that should stop anyone from building copy with better materials and a higher state of fit and finsih running on. ;^) But I'm crazy that way.

[taff1976]

it feels like a house of horrors...the way doors and windows open and close on their own.....but with a Salamander :-)

[49bobbyk]

Marvelous! Didn't think that there would ever be a working sample of that plane. Remarkable.

[EnterpriseXI]

is there a chance that one of these beauty's or a repica will one day be reborn and fly like the Me-262?

[memorialflight]

@EnterpriseXI Actually this He-162 Wk.Nr120015 belongs to the Musée de l'Air et de L'Espace.

It has been restored for static display only.

[EnterpriseXI]

@memorialflight then whats the point of doing a full restoration if this will never fly with a fully working landing gear system?

[memorialflight]

@EnterpriseXI This aircraft is not the property of the Memorial Flight Association. It belongs to the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (French Air & Space Museum). None of their aircraft is allowed to fly. However we had the opportunity to restore this Heinkel 162 as close to flying conditions as possible, which was quite a unique opportunity.

[EnterpriseXI]

@memorialflight im sorry but i just don't see the point of doing a complete restoration on this aircraft. why bother restoring it as close to flying condition as possible if this bird will never fly again? i can understand why you would restore the landing gear so it can be displayed on the ground or the cealling but WHY a complete restore?

[memorialflight]

@EnterpriseXI doing half of the restoration work is not a good restoration... Restoring an aircraft is not just making it look clean... The goal is to have the aircraft back to its original condition

[EnterpriseXI]

@memorialflight ok i can respect that. so thank you for restoring a pies of history.

[EnterpriseXI]

@memorialflight but like the 262 u think one day someone will make a flyable replica only with a more safer and reliable engine? that would be awsome

[IgaNinja91]

I wonder how much this HE162 cost you unrestored..I work in the aerospace industry with the worlds largest aerospace employer..and have machinist experience, deburing aircraft parts, and now warehouse part of the business for the military... Im a big fan of the HR162 as well as ME262

[IgaNinja91]

where is this HE 162 being restored?

[hmjets]

fantastic airplane,very nice video!!

[beowulf342000]

Simple and crude. Notice that those mains are Bf 109 legs and wheels. No retract lights, just a window and a bar indicator. The fuselage was based on an Heinkel 78 for profile and construction. 30 minute engine life!! She did go from proposal to full production in 69 days with joint R and D. 2,000 a month within a year and glider trained HJs to fly them. Faster than the Me 262 and harder to handle.

[EnterpriseXI]

@beowulf342000 i thought the Jumo engine had a life of just one day

[MrZlodeus]

Looks a bit odd with the gear units retracting/extending one at a time rather than all together.

[player1diao]

will this fly again? pleeease say yes

[EnterpriseXI]

@player1diao i dont think it never will

[wrh61]

As an old A&P/ Pilot doing this stuff seems like old times . Nice breakdown of operations in this vid. Landing gear always seems like a bunch of crazy "monkey motion". And this system is pretty tame.

[Asishsanyal2234]

Great stuff....uv been waiting for some thing like this....

[GCOLE2]

Wow. This is great! I wish I would have seen this BEFORE I built my Revell 1/32/He 162!

[shotibf109G2]

ufffff! click clack and go!!! i love it!! nice! not nice BRILLIANT video! WELL done!

[jpatt1000]

Will this actually be flown post restoration?

[EnterpriseXI]

@jpatt1000 i dont think this bird will ever fly again. probably because there rare birds

[johnnecron]

we had no idea how to design landing gear in America until we smuggled some of Germanys top landing gear engineers out of the country at wars end.

We just used ropes and pulleys to get the job done.

It gave our pilots good exercise

[revodes21]

That . . . is . . . beautiful, I could cycle it all day and just watch it and feel it - gorgeous. I just love WWII German aircraft, engineering brilliance.

[georgejelfs67]

@revodes21 nazi jk i like nazi planes but i would say that that plane was a last ditch atemt u coudlnt even bail out and the wings were to weak

[DevSolar]

@georgejelfs67 Actually you could bail out. The He-162 was among the first airplanes to have an eject system.

[terminator363]

I WANT ONE!!!

[EnterpriseXI]

@terminator363 well i hope you got some very deep pockets

[jcabb1]

love the creaks & clicks....

[terminator363]

Back in the day did they really retract so slow? becouse ive seen BF-109 E footage from the 40s and its much much faster

[poklik1]

nazi engineering genius

[493175001]

German engineering, learn the difference.

[poklik1]

just stop kidding, and look at the swastika on wings of this national-sozialist killing machine.

[493175001]

Get your facts right, there was not one He 162 that carried swastikas on their wings.

[terminator363]

Wrong

[arktischeSonne]

Holy s...! Great!

[triad773]

Nice :)

[choctaw111]

I did not know this was being done. Fantastic! When is it projected to be completed. What type of engine will be used?

[BeliVolk]

Great! Bring this old beauty to life!

[fernfeyes]

Tight fit!..beautiful..

[hipotos]

Perfect!

[werknummer]

Just amazing! Impeccable workmanship and attention to accuracy.

[Trent772]

Lovely stuff!

[MastaMag]

Where is this?

[ThinkingManNeil]

Is she being restored to fly?

N.

[EnterpriseXI]

@ThinkingManNeil sorry no