Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger jet fighter

[xoknight]

The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of the project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Designed and built quickly, and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritized for other aircraft, the He 162 was nevertheless the fastest of the first generation of Axis and Allied jets. Volksjäger was the Reich Air Ministry's official name for the government design program competition won by the He 162 design.

I tried to recreate this magnificent piece of human engineering in KSP. It does use a rocket engine instead of a jet engine sadly, but you will be surprised on how long the fuel lasts. It's fast (80-210 m/s), it's nimble, it's stable and reliable. It can fly with or without SAS without any problems. Flying it without SAS gives you a challenge to fly it but it performs more smoother than with SAS. I did post this a while back, but this is the updated/upgraded version of the craft.

Download link: http://www./view/313oy6c67k8yezg/Heinkel_162.craft

Action Groups:

1-Ladder up/down

2-Taxi mode (front wheel steering on/off)

Take off:

Gears up:

Near top speed:

Edited September 26, 2014 by xoknight

[Vagani]

Do you play war thunder, by any chance with the planes you make?

[xoknight]

Maybe

[KotDemopan]

The first thing i noticed in the pic is that you already won in American planes.

Such an important detail.

[Nik_601]

Good job!

I have He.162 too, but it's a little bit different:

[lionblaze63]

i downloaded this and i put it into my SPH folder but when i went to load it in game nothing happened. i clicked the load button a bunch and still nothing. any idea why this is happening?

[xoknight]

Hmm... odd. I don't have any modded stuff on this plane, did you put it in the save folder or the ship folder? Save=all the craft you made. Ships= Stock crafts from squad.

- - - Updated - - -

I just downloaded it and it worked fine for me, let me make a new download link

http://www./view/1n1p39ab05h6hx9/Heinkel_162.craft

Edited June 30, 2014 by xoknight