Focke-Wulf Ta 183

what is it?

The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It had been developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design was further developed postwar in Argentina as the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II. The name Huckebein is a reference to a trouble-making raven (Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe) from an illustrated story in 1867 by Wilhelm Busch.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 955 km/htop speed
• size 4,300 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 7.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.6× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

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role

fighter/interceptor

origin

Nazi Germany

makers

Focke-Wulf

engines

1× Heinkel HeS 011

crew

1

length

9.4 m

wingspan

10 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

4,300 kg

top speed

955 km/h

range

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ceiling

14,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.