V-1 Fieseler Fi103
Type: Air-To-Surface/Surface-To-Surface Missile
Engine:
Argus 109-014 Pulsejet impulse duct, Thrust: 660lb. (300 kg)
Dimensions:
Span: 18 ft. 9 in. (5.715m)
Length: 26 ft. 3 in. (6.00m)
Body Diameter: 33.0 in. (838mm)
Weight: 4,960 lb. (2250 kg)
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 400 mph (645km/h)
Target Approach: 497 mph (800km/h)
Range from launch at 8,200 ft. (2500m): about 205 miles (330km)
V-1 Doodle Bug:
The German V1 flying bomb, or 'buzz' bomb, known originally as the Fieseler Fi 103, was the first of the Vergeltungswaffen ("weapons of vengeance," named in response to Allied air assaults on Germany during World War II). It emerged from proposals made in 1939 by the Argus Motorenwerke.
The first V1 test flight was made over the Peenemünde range in December 1941. The project was given high priority by the German High Command in 1942, with Fieseler Flugeugbau Firm, in Kassel, taking the leading development role. The V1 weighed 2,180 kg (4,806 lb), including the gasoline fuel and an 850-kg (1,874-lb) warhead.
Powered by a pulse-jet engine producing 300 kg (660 lb) of thrust and mounted above the rear of the fuselage, the V1 was actually a small, pilotless aircraft having an overall length of 7.9 m (25.9 ft) and a
wingspan of 5.3 m (17.3 ft). The speed range was 563 to 644 km/h (350 to 400 mph). The V1 was used to attack London from sites near Calais, France, beginning in June 1944. More than 8,000 V1s were
launched against London alone.
Ramp-launched by a hydrogen peroxide catapult, the V1 could fly an average of 240 km (150 mi). At the end of a preset range, it was put into a dive and the engine cut out, giving the populace only a few seconds
during which to take cover
V1 intercepting a Spitfire
Assembly Drawing of the V1
V1 in Unknown Museum
Tamiya 1/48 scale model on dolly
V1 after WW2, on display
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