Well it finally came in! The article "Mastering Heinkel's Minimus" by the legend Eric Brown ran in Air Enthusiast in June 1972. It was one of a series of articles by Captain Brown titled "Viewed from the cockpit", which covered most every airplane you'd be interested in from the second war. This particular article on the He-162 is the most referenced writing on the topic.
In short the 162 was a we'll say 500 mph low altitude fighter designed specifically for scramble type airfield defense. The result transonic performance with some 2,300 lbs of structure built from non-strategic materials. Sounds to me like the fighter jet you could build with a used russo turbine and Burt's Moldless Composite Construction, sort of like a small ARES.
What are you working on tonight?
-Race 68
