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system typically used jettisonable, self-contained
Walter HWK 109-500
Starthilfe ("takeoff-help"), also
known as "Rauchgerät" –
smoke generator, unitized...
- 109-500
Starthilfe RATO
booster motor for
crewed aircraft (usually in
pairs or
multiples of two for such uses), and a
smaller derivation of the
Starthilfe unit...
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Second World War. The 109-500 is a self-contained,
modular monopropellant Starthilfe (take-off ****ist)
engine in a pod, able to
produce 500 kg (1,100 lb) thrust...
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Messerschmitt Bf 110
heavy fighters and underwing-mounted
Walter HWK 109-500
Starthilfe rocket-****isted take-off
units to get
airborne when
fully loaded, but...
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engine systems, and
either used
hydrogen peroxide as a
monopropellant for
Starthilfe rocket-propulsive ****isted
takeoff needs; or as a form of
thrust for MCLOS-guided...
- equally-experimental HWK 109-501 higher-thrust (14.71 kN apiece)
bipropellant Starthilfe RATO
booster units,
which proved to be
unreliable over
sustained periods...
- self-contained
Starthilfe monopropellant RATO unit,
jettisonable following take-off with
parachute recovery 109-501 Walter, an
experimental uprated Starthilfe RATO...
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improvements to
pilot training and the use of
jettisonable liquid fuel
Starthilfe rocket-****isted
takeoff units,
mounted under each
outer wing. Accidents...
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operation was cancelled. The BV 138 was
tested with the
Walter HWK 109-500
Starthilfe RATO
jettisonable rocket pod, used in pairs, for
shorter takeoff performance...
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Messerschmitt Me 163: 174 and
Bachem Ba 349
interceptor aircraft, so-called
Starthilfe jettisonable rocket propulsion units used for a
variety of
Luftwaffe aircraft...
