He-100's on Zeppelin

I am aware that this suggestion will not survive unscathed, and that suggestions would have to change as compared to OTL, so someone thinks differently.
Lets assume Goering says the RLM cant spend time on the fighter component beyond the Bf109T mod and the KM realizes the narrow track is a dead end.
Heinkel steps in with the radiator cooled He-100D mod: wide track, good range, good visibility and the RLM have already said they could spare the DB601's for the Bf109T.
Now, could He-100 be a carrier plane and Thus sneak it into production? The above characteristics seems to be true (certainly compared to Bf109T) and according to this link, the stall spead is as the F4/F6 at 150 km/h. https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/133189-heinkel-he-100-d-1/
Is this completely beyond sanity ? At least from a technical perspective?
 
I for one would like more wing area. Also the He-100's armament of one 20mm cannon and two 7.92mm MG's is a bit on the light side. And provision for a drop tank needs to be made. But other than that it might have been a good choice.
 
High speed for its day, decent range on internal fuel and adequate but light armament. All good so far, but that long nose would make it difficult to land on a carrier, though that can be overcome with the right technique.
 
When I saw the thread title I was envisaging launching aircraft from the Hindenburg or another zeppelin not from an aircraft carrier.
 
Winkle Brown never flew a Heinkel He-100, and accurate performance and handling information isn't available, but the Heinkel has very little wing area, and that much-praised undercarriage caused several crashes. Either it was very very weak, or the He didn't land that well. Lateral stability came into question as well. Other questions, like airframe strength and coolant system effectiveness remain beyond verifiable discussion. I think the Kawasaki Ki-61 might have been a better fighter, but it was also a land plane.
 

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Winkle Brown never flew a Heinkel He-100, and accurate performance and handling information isn't available

The way it is phrased, it looks as if an aircraft can't be assessed if Winkle "God" brown didn't flew it. Crap, there has been many other test pilots across the entire world and the entire history of the aviation.

Wasn't the He-100 engine cooling system a piece of shit not worth of an operational aircraft ?
 
the HE-100 was basically just a test bed and PR aircraft. What if you took the best parts of that and the HE-112 and made something that was in between for the navy?
 
Whilst I would agree there have been many test pilots who could be considered 'better' than 'Winkle' Brown. He does have the distinction of flying more aircraft types than any other pilot (counting fixed and rotary wing aircraft together) He also IIRC flew more captured German aircraft types than any other allied pilot. Therefore if it was not assessed at some time by 'Winkle' brown it is unlikely that one survived long enough to be captured in flyable condition. Hence I feel the original statement posted by "Just Leo" has some validity.
 
I had visions of a great burning beacon being lit in the English sky and orphaned He-100s having to land on dark English fields because they hadn't the range to make it back to Germany when their carrier is shot down.
 
The way it is phrased, it looks as if an aircraft can't be assessed if Winkle "God" brown didn't flew it. Crap, there has been many other test pilots across the entire world and the entire history of the aviation.

Aircraft performance cannot be assessed if it hasn't been tested for parameters of operation, in this case, naval ship-board. I'm perfectly willing to read reports of any other test pilot, but Winkle flew the most, and published most, specifically naval ship-board, so he is a bit of a fall-back.
 
Thanks so far, Winkle Browns opinion is not available unfortunately.
The only thing I have to go for is a stall speed in the usable range and a wide undercarriage. The wing is short, but it is a small and light aircraft compared to the us carrier aircrafts.
Lateral stability issues were continuously improved and both this and cooling systems were resolved in the D model.
Landing gear is unknown except for the wide track, and the planes flew as point defense on the heinkel factories.
We have to discuss based on what we know.
 
the HE-100 was basically just a test bed and PR aircraft. What if you took the best parts of that and the HE-112 and made something that was in between for the navy?
The he100 was a serious project and a redesign after the he112 experience. The only thing so far is maybe strengthening the undercarriage....
Wider wings...what would that do for low speed loiter, top speed, stall speed?
 
The he100 was a serious project and a redesign after the he112 experience. The only thing so far is maybe strengthening the undercarriage....
Wider wings...what would that do for low speed loiter, top speed, stall speed?

Changing out the coolant system back to a more conventional system would be my first start also wider wings would allow more firepower. from two 7mm's or two and a 20mm you could get something that could not just climb like a beast and have high speed but also kill its pray.
 
Changing out the coolant system back to a more conventional system would be my first start also wider wings would allow more firepower. from two 7mm's or two and a 20mm you could get something that could not just climb like a beast and have high speed but also kill its pray.
The D model had a conventional cooling system. One of the prototypes were fitted 2 20 mm in the wings and 4 7mm mg in the nose.
 
Ok, Thanks for the comments so far. It seems that it might have become a good carrier aircraft.
Unknowns in strength of the undercarriage to be dealt with. If that is achieved we still need info on the handling characteristics, but that appears unavailable for the D model.
 
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