The Lippisch P.13 was a 1942 design for a high-speed bomber aircraft by Josef Hubert . Of highly unconventional configuration, it was a tail-less, swept-wing design with an engine and propeller mounted at both the front and rear of the aircraft. A large ventral fin gave it an almost cruciform cross-section.

At the time of the P.13's design, Hubert was working in Dr Alexander Lippisch's department at Messerschmitt; when Lippisch left the firm in April 1943, the department was dissolved and its designs (including the P.13) were abandoned.

The similarly-named Lippisch P.13a and P.13b were completely unrelated projects, undertaken after Lippisch's relocation to Vienna.

Specifications (P.13, as designed)

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
• Height: 5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: m² ( ft²)
• Empty: kg ( lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
• Powerplant: 2x Daimler-Benz DB 605 B engines, 1,100 kW (1,475 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: km/h ( mph)
• Range: km ( miles)
• Service ceiling: m ( ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

Armament

• 1x bomb

References

• Johnson, Dan. "Lippisch Li P.13 - November 1942 Design." Luft '46. Retrieved April 3, 2005.
• Nowarra, Heniz J. (1983). Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-8289-5315-8

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Designation sequence: P.10 - P.11 - P.12 - P.13/P.13a/P.13b - P.14 - P.15 - P.20