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Type: Advanced Trainer And Light Home Defence Fighter
Origin: Ernest Heinkel AG
Models: a, b and B
First Flight: 1933
Service Delivery: None
Final Delivery: None
Production: 3
Engine:
Model: Argus As 10C
Type: Inverted V8 air cooled
Horsepower: 240hp

Fuel:
Capacity: N/A
Type: N/A

Dimensions:
Wing span: 8.15m (26 ft. 8.75 in.)
Length: 6.45m (21 ft. 2 in.)
Height: 2.20m (7 ft. 2.5in.)
Wing Surface Area: N/A

   Weights:
Empty: 1,697 lb. (770kg)
Maximum: 2,242 lb. (1017kg)

Performance:
Maximum Speed: 174mph (280km/h)
Initial climb: N/A
Range: 230 miles (370km)
Service Ceiling: N/A

Armament:
Planned; Two 7.92mm Rheinmetall MG 17 synchronized above fuselage

Avionics:
N/A

Comments:
Designed to meet a 1933 RLM Home-Defense fighter (Heimatschutzjaeger)
requirement, the He 74 lost out to the Fw 56 Stosser.
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Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London