Gloster Meteor 1945 Schneider Trophy Winner: Jet Section

[Vulcan7]

Gloster Meteor 1945 Schneider Trophy Winner: Jet Section

Final Placings:

1st Great Britain, Gloster Meteor
2nd West Germany, Horten 229
3rd United Sates, P-80 Shooting Star
4th West Germany, Me 262
5th Great Britain, De Havilland Vampire
6th West Germany, Heinkel 162

[Tophe]

  Yes, a "winner", I confirm the title!

[RussC]

Wow! the SeaTeor! Under jet power brings a new meaning to "Gold Rush".

Entrant #7 Yak-15 ?

[NARSES2]

Sunglasses time again 

[James]

Wonderful!

[Vulcan7]

Wow! the SeaTeor! Under jet power brings a new meaning to "Gold Rush".

Entrant #7 Yak-15 ?

Cheers chaps too kind

"Seateor", thats a great name  , Gold & Blue are my what-if Great Britain colours, had to be done 

oh yeh, "Gold Rush" good one 

[sequoiaranger]

Don't want to "throw water" on your projects, but...

If you look at REAL jet seaplanes, they almost all have their jets HIGH up. Or, if they have twin engines, they have single floats. If single engines, twin floats, to keep out the "threat" of water as much as possible. Twin engines over twin floats (where the water would splash up) is ASKING for trouble. Water splashed on a radial engine might crack the pistons, or just cool them, but if splash gets sucked up in a jet, you have flameout.

The He-162 would seem the most obvious choice for seaplane conversion.

PS--*LOVE* the blue-and-gold, though...my Alma Mater colors (University of California)

[pyro-manic]

Just say the floats are carefully shaped to throw their spray away from the intakes.

[Vulcan7]

technical point taken, many thanks    .....

Just say the floats are carefully shaped to throw their spray away from the intakes.

will do   

[RussC]

Just say the floats are carefully shaped to throw their spray away from the intakes.

WHIFF= Water Has Ineffective Flameout Fears