Heinkel He 277 - Specifications (He 277 Basic Configuration)

Specifications (He 277 Basic Configuration)

From Griehl, Manfred and Dressel, Joachim. Heinkel He 177-277-274, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, England 1998, pp. 159 & 184.

General characteristics

• Crew: 7
• Length: 23.00 m (75 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 40.00 m (131 ft 3 in)
• Height: 6.05 m (19 ft 10-3/16 in)
• Wing area: 133.00 m² (1,431.60 ft²)
• Empty weight: 21,800 kg (48,060 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 44,500 kg (98,105 lb)
• Powerplant: 4× BMW 801E 14-cylinder, twin row-radial engine, 1,492 kW (1,973 hp for takeoff) each
• maximum of 16,950 litre/4,478 US gallon fuel/consumables capacity for Amerika Bomber mission profile

Performance

• Maximum speed: 570 km/h at 5,700 m (354 mph at 18,700 ft)
• Cruise speed: 460 km/h (286 mph)
• Range: 6,000 km (3,728 mi, up to 11,100 km/6,900 mi in Amerika Bomber role)
• Service ceiling: 15,000 m (49,210 ft)
• Wing loading: 334.6 kg/m² at MTOW (68.6 lb/ft²)

Armament

• 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 autocannon in remotely operated, undernose Fernbedienbare Drehlafette FDL 151 Z "chin" turret
• 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 autocannon in twin dorsal turrets, one FDL-type remotely operated forward and one aft Hydraulische Drehlafette HDL 151Z hydraulically powered manned turret
• 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 autocannon in FDL-style remotely operated, ventral turret facing aft, behind bomb bay
• 4 x 13 mm (0.51 in) MG 131 machine guns in Hecklafette HL 131V "quadmount", manned tail turret
• up to 3,000 kg (6,612 lb) of disposable stores for Amerika Bomber trans-Atlantic missions, maximum of 5,600 kg (12,345 lb) internally for shorter ranges, up to 4,300 km (2,670 mile) combat radius w/maximum bombload.