Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design

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The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design was a late-World War II German jet fighter project, conceived by Kurt Tank, that featured a swept-wing, single-engine layout and strongly influenced several postwar jet fighter developments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military aircraft project
jet fighter aircraft design
aerodynamicFeature high-mounted wing
pressurized cockpit (planned)
swept-back wings for transonic flight
airIntakeConfiguration nose intake (in design studies)
armamentPlanned air-to-air rockets (in some proposals)
cannon armament
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
designBegan mid-1940s
designer Kurt Tank
designGoal high-altitude interception
high-speed performance
engineConfiguration single-engine
era 1940s
historicalSignificance early exploration of swept-wing jet fighter layout
influential in postwar aircraft design studies
influenced Pulqui II design concepts
early British swept-wing jet fighter concepts
early Soviet swept-wing jet fighter concepts
postwar jet fighter developments
intendedEngineType axial-flow turbojet
manufacturer Focke-Wulf NERFINISHED
programOutcome not completed before end of war
projectedUse Luftwaffe fighter replacement
propulsion jet engine
relatedTo Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design self-linksurface differs
surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein project
role fighter aircraft
status project
unbuilt prototype
tailConfiguration T-tail (in principal design)
timePeriod late World War II
wingConfiguration swept wing

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Kurt Tank notableWork Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design
Kurt Tank designed Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 jet fighter project
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design relatedTo Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein project