Alternative to the ME-262

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From memory regarding Do 335 and heat/fire?

Over heat may have been problem. Many early stage planes had similar, Fw 190 for example.

As for fire? I think is stigma of after war flying tests? So, maybe allied mechanics not so good at maintenace?

I think a Do 335 crashed at airshow after war? Case put down to, indeed, aft fuselage fire.

Hopefully others have better memory/access to information? :D
 
The Fw 190 with jet engine instead of the piston engine, supposed to beat 800 km/h (~500 mph) easily, plus major improvement in ceiling and rate of climb. With outrageous fuel consumption (though still favorable vs. a fighter with 2 jet engines) and limited armament. Somehow Focke Wulf thouhgt the ordinary Fw 190A was good for 700 km/h...
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I was reading with interest that in OTL 8000 Jumo-004 and 500 BMW-003 engines were built, but really the most surprising (at least to me) revelation was that apparently according to postwar studies the germans were expected to build 100,000 (one hundred thousands!) jet engines in 1946. Based on that, one can imagine the impact of their jet program given priority earlier. I won't even matter much if the engines last only 10 hours with so many of them.

Even just considering the OTL figures, they could have easily built say 4000 or even 5000 single engined jet fighters like P.1092 or some other single-engined design between 1943-1945.
 

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I was reading with interest that in OTL 8000 Jumo-004 and 500 BMW-003 engines were built, but really the most surprising (at least to me) revelation was that apparently according to postwar studies the germans were expected to build 100,000 (one hundred thousands!) jet engines in 1946. Based on that, one can imagine the impact of their jet program given priority earlier. I won't even matter much if the engines last only 10 hours with so many of them.

Even just considering the OTL figures, they could have easily built say 4000 or even 5000 single engined jet fighters like P.1092 or some other single-engined design between 1943-1945.
They really couldn't rush it more than they did.
 
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