one for the plane buffs
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I was watching the history chanel last night and it showed Goering at a preview of new luftwaffe planes. There was a couple of seconds clip of an asymetrically designed plane, i.e it had a fuselage next to one wing mounted engine. Firstly what is it? secondly are there any other designs like this and why?
CommanderJameson said:
bumblebee said:
interesting site Here
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Some interesting stuff on there. I wonder why nobodyhas thought to follow up or recreate some of these odd designs in real life?
bob1179 said:
CommanderJameson said:
bumblebee said:
interesting site Here
There goes my Saturday morning...10 >>clicky clicky<<
20 >>ooh, blimey<<
30 GOTO 10
Some interesting stuff on there. I wonder why nobodyhas thought to follow up or recreate some of these odd designs in real life?
CommanderJameson said:
Look at this one. Mad as a box of frogs.
That is awesome, I remember reading about the design of these. They had to take off and land while sat on their tails. I have a funny feeling the Luftwaffe didn't mind sending their pilots on one way missions...I like this beast:
http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp170.html
bob1179 said:
Some interesting stuff on there. I wonder why nobodyhas thought to follow up or recreate some of these odd designs in real life?
Burt Rutan is the man you're looking for...
CommanderJameson said:
Sanger Amerika Bomber: top speed, 13,724MPH.
Now that's quick.
I just read all the details of it. It was so ahead of it's time in design, it's pretty amazing. In fact, I think the closest we have come to any aircraft like that recently, would be the British Aerospace HOTOL from the 1980's.Now that's quick.
I would love to know how the materials and technologies of the time would have dealt with the massive changes in temperature and pressure the Sanger would have encountered.
Blimey. Look at the Heinkel He P.1079B. That'd look sharp and futuristic if it rolled down the runway now, never mind the neck end of 70 years ago.
I have mixed feelings about the whole "Luft 46" phenomenon. Whilst they may be fascinating in comcept, my hunch is that, even if the war had continued on to 1946 or even 1947/48, I doubt if the vast bulk of the projects would ever have entered service, or have had any significant impact on the outcome.
The German procurement procedures for the Luftwaffe were appallingly messy, inefficient and distorted by inter-ompany, inter-ministry and inter-personal rivalries and jealousies.
Even when new designs actually entered service, they were often poor performers or badly utilised.
The German procurement procedures for the Luftwaffe were appallingly messy, inefficient and distorted by inter-ompany, inter-ministry and inter-personal rivalries and jealousies.
Even when new designs actually entered service, they were often poor performers or badly utilised.
Quite a bit of useful info did come out of the captured designs, although we weren't that far behind. But, as with the Germans, we didn't have the materiel either.Eric Mc said:
I have mixed feelings about the whole "Luft 46" phenomenon. Whilst they may be fascinating in comcept, my hunch is that, even if the war had continued on to 1946 or even 1947/48, I doubt if the vast bulk of the projects would ever have entered service, or have had any significant impact on the outcome.
The German procurement procedures for the Luftwaffe were appallingly messy, inefficient and distorted by inter-ompany, inter-ministry and inter-personal rivalries and jealousies.
Even when new designs actually entered service, they were often poor performers or badly utilised.
The Me262 is a good example of that. It apparently took so long to get into production because Hitler wanted it as a bomber able to dart across the channel, had it been left to the designers/engineers/Luftwaffe it could have entered service much much sooner as a defensive fighter and had an impact on the air war over Germany. The German procurement procedures for the Luftwaffe were appallingly messy, inefficient and distorted by inter-ompany, inter-ministry and inter-personal rivalries and jealousies.
Even when new designs actually entered service, they were often poor performers or badly utilised.
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