Dick Montgomery Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Does anyone know what those pipes are protruding from the rear of the engine cover on the upper wing surface? My guess is some sort of exhaust..... Each engine has one "pipe" protruding from the engine cover on the upper surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit801 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) I believe they're exhausts. The only good overhead photo I can find seem to indicate exhaust stains emanating at the top rear of the nacelle. Edited October 20, 2014 by Gromit801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 That's what I think as well...nothing else really makes sense. That's the direction I'll go and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mquan Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Hi Dick. I had a hard time seeing/visuallizing what you were describing on your original post. The picture in Jim's reply though is of an He-115C (not 'B') model. In William Green's "Warplanes of the Third Reich", page 320, he attributes to the He-115C-1armament : "… and a fixed aft-firing 7.9-mm. MG 17 machine gun was introduced in the tail of each engine nacelle for use against pursuing fighters." The A and B variants had much shorter engine nacelles than the He-115C variant. HTH, Mike Quan IPMS-NCT Edited October 20, 2014 by mquan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAzZ09 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I saw the same thing Dick. Mike is right. I do have a copy of "Warplanes of the Third Reich " myself. All the best, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) Dang! How could I have forgotten that! I've got a copy and its about 3 feet away! A friend also provided this link to a CGI you tube vid....its really quite good at showing the interior of the He-115. According to Warplanes of the Third Reich those pipes are machine gun barrels for the "C" model just as Mike stated. I just couldn't fathom mounting fixed backward facing machine guns....but that's what they did! Check out this You Tube CGI of the He-115 provided to me by a friend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l9AcJQ4zwg Edited October 21, 2014 by Dick Montgomery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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