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Komet

Germany

Me 163

First flight

1941

ROLE

Fighter

info

Crashed

Total in database

0

info

Land Leased

Displays

0

Design country

Germany

Variant
First Flight
Max Speed
Max Range
Max Weght
Max Celling:
Wing Span
length
height
Me 163C V3
0
Me 163D
0
0
Me 163C V2
597
310
8,100
44,600
26.2
22.6
9.1
Me 163A V3
01/01/1941
560
310
6,600
39,370
26.2
22.6
8.9
Me 163A V1
01/01/1941
560
310
6,600
39,370
26.2
22.6
8.9
Me 163A V4
01/01/1941
560
310
6,600
39,370
26.2
22.6
8.9
Me 163A V2
01/01/1941
559
310
6,600
39,370
26.2
22.6
8.9
Me 163B V3
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V2
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V6
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V5
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V10
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V9
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V7
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B-0
01/01/1942
596
320
7,700
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.1
Me 163A-0
01/01/1942
560
310
6,700
39,370
26.2
22.6
8.9
Me 163B V8
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V4
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163B V1
01/01/1942
600
310
7,200
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.0
Me 163C V1
01/01/1944
597
310
8,100
44,600
26.2
22.6
9.1
Me 163B-1a
01/01/1944
596
310
7,700
39,370
26.2
22.6
9.1
Me 163B-1a/U1
01/01/1944
579
280
7,900
39,370
26.2
25.5
10.2
Junkers Ju 248 (later redesignated Me 263)
01/01/1945
590
435
11,300
43000
38.4
28.5
9.4

Production Analysis

Production Numbers

Me 163C V3
Prototype
0
Me 163D
Enlarged Prototype
0
Me 163C V2
Prototype
1
Me 163A V3
Prototype
1
Me 163A V1
Prototype
1
Me 163A V4
Prototype
1
Me 163A V2
Prototype
1
Me 163B V3
Prototype
3
Me 163B V2
Prototype
2
Me 163B V6
Prototype
6
Me 163B V5
Prototype
5
Me 163B V10
Prototype
10
Me 163B V9
Prototype
9
Me 163B V7
Prototype
7
Me 163B-0
Pre-production Fighter
20
Me 163A-0
Pre-production Trainer
10
Me 163B V8
Prototype
8
Me 163B V4
Prototype
4
Me 163B V1
Prototype
1
Me 163C V1
Prototype (Improved)
2
Me 163B-1a
Production Interceptor
370
Me 163B-1a/U1
Two-seat Trainer
Junkers Ju 248 (later redesignated Me 263)
Successor Prototype
0

​Key Statistics

Total Production:                                                 

Production Span:                                         

Variants Count:                                                           

Performance Range:                              

8,524

1940 -1944

3

417 - 446 mph

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Further high-altitude prototypes with additional refinements to pressurization and powerplant systems. Both never completed flight testing due to the late stage of the war and technical difficulties.

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