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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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 ⓘ
programOutcome not completed before end of war ⓘ
projectedUse Luftwaffe fighter replacement ⓘ
propulsion jet engine ⓘ
relatedTo 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 jet fighter project ⓘ
linked to: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design → relatedTo → Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein project ⓘ
linked to: Focke-Wulf Ta 183 design