Bachem Ba 349 - Specifications (Ba 349B-1)

Specifications (Ba 349B-1)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
• Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) height without fins
• Wing area: 4.7 m2 (51 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 880 kg (1,940 lb) fuel expended
• Gross weight: 2,232 kg (4,921 lb)
  
• Gross weight boosters jettisoned: 1,769 kg (3,900 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 650 kg
• Powerplant: 1 × Walter HWK 109-509C-1 bi-fuel rocket motor, 11.2 kN (2,500 lbf) thrust main chamber
  

2.9 kN (652 lbf) auxiliary chamber

• Powerplant: 4 × Schmidding SG 34 solid fuel booster rockets, 4.9 kN (1,100 lbf) thrust each
  

or 2 x 9.8 kN (2,203 lbf) solid fuel booster rockets

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (621 mph; 540 kn) at 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
• Cruising speed: 800 km/h (497 mph; 432 kn)
• Range: 60 km (37 mi; 32 nmi) after climb at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
  

55 km (34 mi)after climb at 6,000 m (19,685 ft)

42 km (26 mi)after climb at 9,000 m (29,528 ft)

40 km (25 mi)after climb at 10,000 m (32,808 ft)

• Endurance: 4.36 minutes at 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
  

3.15 minutes at 9,000 m (29,528 ft)

• Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
• Rate of climb: 190 m/s (37,000 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 62 seconds to 12 km (7.5 mi)

Armament

• 24 x 73 mm (2.874 in) Henschel Hs 297 Föhn rocket shells
• or 33 x 55 mm (2.165 in) R4M rocket shells
• or 2 x 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon with 30 rpg (proposed)