Don't show the Japanese this lolMe-110 Volks Rache (People's Vengeance)
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A Messerschmitt Me-110 with a V-1 rocket engine mounted to the fuselage, intended for suicide attacks agaisnt Allied bomber formations.
Another last ditch weapon of desperation, nicknamed "The V-3" by Allied bomber crews.
Lol, actually it was inspired by a picture I saw of a Zero with a V-1 rocket (ram-jet) mounted on top but it had half it's rudder cut off.Don't show the Japanese this lol
The German may have stolen it from the Japanese.Don't show the Japanese this lol
I've always liked the idea of the Okha reworked with a couple of 'Motor-jets' mounted under each wing with the 'Boom' tank mainly replaced by fuel and a couple of machine guns on its 'Deck' to create a "Wooden Swallow".The German may have stolen it from the Japanese.
Centrifugal engines are also much more resistant to foreign object damage.It is my understanding that the axial flow design is inherently “better“ than the centrifugal design in that, for a centrifugal engine, an increase in power output requires an in crease in chamber size, resulting in a larger diameter engine (and a larger aircraft cross section). It’s one reason why as jet performance requirements increased, axial flow designs replaced centrifugal designs. However centrifugal engines are easier to manufacture. Axial flow engines subject the internal rotating parts to extreme temperatures, so are difficult to manufacture. Metallurgy at the time was not up to those types of stresses for any nation, but especially for the Germans who had little to no access to the materials required. It’s actually pretty amazing that the Jumo engine worked at all, let alone in a combat plane.
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There was a manned version of the V-1 with a cockpit instead of a warhead and He-111's were used to launch V-1's in flight but I don't believe any V-1's were mounted onto aircraft.Hullo.
Uhm, weren't there actual test articles similar to that?
Or were they strapped to He-111?
By accounts the pulse jets vibrations were something fierce. Would have needed a good amount of springs or such too damp it down. Or shake the plane apart... or the pilot, which ever went first. 😛
I actually had an idea about the Swiss in WWII investing in turbo engines because 1) they had no homebuilt piston engines to speak of but 2) they had a lot of experience building water- and steam turbines. Eventually they would use one of their Swiss BF110's as a test bed because of the double tail.Me-110 Volks Rache (People's Vengeance)
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A Messerschmitt Me-110 with a V-1 rocket engine mounted to the fuselage, intended for suicide attacks agaisnt Allied bomber formations.
Another last ditch weapon of desperation, nicknamed "The V-3" by Allied bomber crews.
Isnt that cheating having prop backups?Me-110 Volks Rache (People's Vengeance)
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A Messerschmitt Me-110 with a V-1 rocket engine mounted to the fuselage, intended for suicide attacks agaisnt Allied bomber formations.
Another last ditch weapon of desperation, nicknamed "The V-3" by Allied bomber crews.
Swiss Experimental Jet assisted Messerschmitt Me-110I actually had an idea about the Swiss in WWII investing in turbo engines because 1) they had no homebuilt piston engines to speak of but 2) they had a lot of experience building water- and steam turbines. Eventually they would use one of their Swiss BF110's as a test bed because of the double tail.
There's no such things as cheating in war, there's only winning and losing.Isnt that cheating having prop backups?
Quite a lol thereDone properly! (and yes @cortz#9
i know its a repost)
I don't remember that one but it was a similar pic of a Zero that inspired me.Done properly! (and yes @cortz#9
i know its a repost)
Could work.As a torpedobomber?
There's no such things as cheating in war, there's only winning and losing.
Thinking a bit more it needs a cool name like cortz gave his , so this will be known as Himmelfahrtgerät Typ 2!Quite a lol there