Type Single seat fighter (Wheel) Single seat fighter (Seaplane)
Engine 1 BMW VI 7,3 Z
Dimensions Length  7,50 m, height 3,56 m ,  span 10,0 m , wing area   30,8 m2, Length 8,7 m , height 4,01 m ,  span 10,0 m , wing area 30,8 m2  ,
Weights Empty 1520 kg, loaded 1850 kg , max. take off weight   Empty 1632 kg kg, loaded 2046  kg , max. take off weight  
Performance Max.. speed 292 km/h at sea level , landing speed 95 km/h, cruising speed  , range , endurance  , service ceiling 7800  m  , climb 13,9 m/sec., to 1000 m 1,2 min., to 2000 m 2,5 min., to 3000 m 4,1 min., to 4000 m 6,3 min., to 6000 m 14,3 min. Max.. speed 285  km/h at sea level , landing speed 95 km/h , cruising speed  , range , endurance  , service ceiling 6450 m m  , climb  to 1000 m 1,2 min.,  to 3000 m 4,7 min.,  to 6000 m 17,8 min.
Armament 2 fixed forward-firing machine guns
Type Werk.Nr Registration History
a 320 D-1609 Crashed 11.1936
b 366 D-2061 Crashed 5.8.1931
b 367 ? Crashed 29.1.1931. Pilot Dr King was killed
b 368 D-2062 E-Stelle Travemünde
b 369 D-2272 July - August 1931 at Lipezk. June 1932 bäck to Heinkel
b 384 D-2013 E-Stelle Travemünde. October 1931 to Heinkel. Crashed 22.4 1932
c 385 ?
c 386 D-2213 March 1932 at Heinkel
c 387 D-2340, D-IXAH
c 388 D-2270 1934 to Aero Sport GmbH- Crashed 12.6.1934
c 389 D-2769, D-IQYV
c 390 D-2771 Crashed 04.1934
b 63 D-2077 Arado 1932 to E-Stelle Travemünde
b 64 D-2078 Arado E-Stelle Travemünde
c 79 D-2289, D-INYH Arado
c 81 D-2386 Arado Crashed 08.1934
The Heinkel HD 38 was a fighter aircraft developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a compact, single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span, braced with N-type interplane struts, a refined version of the HD 37 that had been evaluated and rejected by the Reichswehr for use at the secret training facility at Lipetsk. The HD 38 was designed in the hope of capturing a different niche - that of a seaplane fighter, and was designed with a twin pontoon undercarriage that could be quickly removed and replaced with wheels. It was accepted in this role, but did not serve in it for long before being relegated to general training duties. Even then, it was not long before Germany abandoned the Lipetsk base to the Soviet Union.

Known registrations : D-IHUX, D-IDYV, D-IFIL