The Lippisch P.13b
was a follow-on design from the P.13a, and was also a ramjet fighter. Designed
in December 1944, it featured Lippisch's favorite wing plan, a delta
design (sweepback was 60 degrees) with downturned wingtips. A double fin
and rudder was chosen, and the cockpit was moved to a forward position, ahead
of the delta wing's apex. On each side of the cockpit on the wing's leading
edge were the air intakes which fed the ramjet. Because of the fuel shortage
in Germany at this stage in the war, an ingenious plan to use coal (or paraffin
coated lignite dust) for fuel was to be tried. A centrally installed round
or hexagonal heat-resistant ceramic combustion chamber was fitted in the
interior of the wing, and was fillable from above. The main landing gear
was a retractable landing skid, and the rear rested on the reinforced downturned
wingtips. No armament was planned at this stage, and no tests were ever carried
out with this design or with the unique power source.
View Marek Rys' Lippisch Li P.13b LuftArt images| Span | Length | Height |
| 6.9 m 22' 8" |
7.2 m 23' 7" |
1.47 m 4' 10" |
| Manufacturer | Scale | Material | Notes |
| Anigrand | 1/72 | Resin & Decals | nice scribed panel lines |
| Pencil sketch of the Lippisch P.13b (Alexander Lippisch) 
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Combustion chamber, Lippisch P.13 variants (a & b) (rough sketch) 
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