The He219 was a fantastic Mosquito killer - plus five or six viermots shot down in one sortie - ask yourself, why did the Luftwaffe not build more of them?
Because Heinkel didn't have the political pull Messerschmidt did...
The He219 was a fantastic Mosquito killer - plus five or six viermots shot down in one sortie - ask yourself, why did the Luftwaffe not build more of them?
Wimble Toot sounds like he is trolling. Why are the moderators not doing anything about this?
Based on what criteria? Having seen the cockpit that seems pretty hard to claim.I'd even venture as far as to say it's best air superiority fighters of the war.
Well first I meant to say "one of the best".Have you flown one in combat with other Allied aircraft? If you haven't, how do you know?
I prefer facts over opinion.
Engine-related performance primarily.Based on what criteria? Having seen the cockpit that seems pretty hard to claim.
Canopies were only part of the issue, general size and layout being part of the problem as well. Then there is the issue of the late war Bf109s not really having better engines than the Allied fighters.Engine-related performance primarily.
And while it certainly doesn't have a bubble canopy, the later erla haube canopies weren't terrible. Certainly better than the early F6F, razorback P-47's, P-51B's without a Malcom Hood, and most other framed canopies.
Canopies were only part of the issue, general size and layout being part of the problem as well. Then there is the issue of the late war Bf109s not really having better engines than the Allied fighters.
Canopies were only part of the issue, general size and layout being part of the problem as well. Then there is the issue of the late war Bf109s not really having better engines than the Allied fighters.
However in coming up on 12 years of flight simulations
Have you seen the night fighter version of the Me262? Whomever thought that up was insane.I've only ever spoken to two pilots that have flown the Me 262, one Scottish, one German - and the German one, a pilot with NJG 11, said he was glad the war ended when it did, as he would no longer have to fly the 262 any more. I still remember the look in his eyes.
Make of this what you will.
Have you seen the night fighter version of the Me262? Whomever thought that up was insane.
Have you seen the night fighter version of the Me262? Whomever thought that up was insane.
Trying flying a first generation jet at night, often within landing lights being lit up due to Mosquitos with extra fuel tanks under the nose and an extra crew man crammed into the cockpit!I'm looking at a model of one now!
Even the 262 without antlers terrified him. 'One false move and you were dead.' was his verdict. Most of his units aircraft were delivered by road, without engines
The Ju88R was 'solid and dependable', and he shot down nine Lancasters in one.
You know computer flight simulators bear no relation to reality, I hope?
Hermann Weber's description of the Bf-109K-4 was "the ultimate death trap for pilots," whose pilot was "all shook up" whenever the engine-mounted 30mm gun fired, by the way, the Bf-109K-4 was, according to Hermann, a very poor dogfighter due to its altered centre of gravity.
I've only ever spoken to two pilots that have flown the Me 262, one Scottish, one German - and the German one, a pilot with NJG 11, said he was glad the war ended when it did, as he would no longer have to fly the 262 any more. I still remember the look in his eyes.
Make of this what you will.
Okay, maybe I'm being dense or something, but...since when couldn't a pair of DB600s or 601s be stuffed into a single fuselage? Yes, the DB603 was unavailable; that's not what I'm demanding (or I wouldn't have suggested "earlier" in the first place).could not exist earlier than it did, due to a shortage of engines