Heinkel He 162 - Variants

Variants

• He 162 A-0 — first ten pre-production aircraft.
• He 162 A-1 — armed with 2 × 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannons with 50 rounds per gun.
• He 162 A-2 — armed with 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, 120 rpg.
• He 162 A-3 — proposed upgrade with reinforced nose mounting twin 30 mm MK 108 cannons.
• He 162 A-8 — proposed upgrade with the more powerful Jumo 004D-4 engine.
• He 162 B-1 — a proposed follow on planned for 1946, to include more powerful Heinkel HeS 011A turbojet, a stretched fuselage to provide more fuel and endurance as well as increased wingspan, with reduced dihedral which allowed the omission of the anhedral wingtip extensions. To be armed with twin 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108s.

The He 162B airframe was also used as the basis for possible designs powered by one or two Argus As 044 pulsejet engines.

• He 162C — proposed upgrade featuring the B-series fuselage, Heinkel HeS 011A engine, swept-back, anhedraled gull wing, a new V-tail stabilizing surface assembly, and twin 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108s featuring a Schräge Musik weapons assembly, located right behind the cockpit.
• He 162D — proposed upgrade with a configuration similar to C-series but a dihedraled forward-swept wing.
• He 162E — He 162A fitted with the BMW 003R mixed power plant, a BMW 003A turbojet with an integrated BMW 718 liquid-fuel rocket engine — mounted just above the exhaust orifice of the turbojet — for boost power. At least one prototype was built and flight-tested for a short time.
• He 162S — two-seat training glider.
• Tachikawa Ki 162 — proposed license-built version of He 162A in Japan, projected with Lorin ramjet and Argus pulsejet for first design.