Heinkel HD 38

Infobox Aircraft
name=HD 38


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type=Fighter
national origin=Germany
manufacturer=Heinkel
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first flight=avyear|1928
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primary user=Reichswehr
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number built=12
variants with their own articles=The Heinkel HD 38 was a fighter aircraft developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a compact, single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced with N-struts, a refined version of the HD 37 that had been evaluated and rejected by the Reichswehr for use at the secret training facility at Lipetsk. The HD 38 was designed in the hope of capturing a different niche - that of a seaplane fighter, and was designed with twin pontoon undercarriage that could be quickly removed and replaced with wheels. It was accepted into this role, but did not serve in it long before being relegated to general training duties. Even then, it was not long before Germany abandoned the Lipetsk base to the Soviet Union.

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crew=One pilot
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length m=7.50
length ft=24
length in=7
span m=10.00
span ft=32
span in=10
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height m=3.56
height ft=11
height in=8
wing area sqm=30.8
wing area sqft=332
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empty weight kg=1,520
empty weight lb=3,360
gross weight kg=1,850
gross weight lb=4,080
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eng1 number=1
eng1 type=BMW VI
eng1 kw= 560
eng1 hp= 750
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max speed kmh=290
max speed mph=180
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ceiling m=6,700
ceiling ft=22,000
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climb rate ms=13.9
climb rate ftmin=2,740
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing machine guns
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