P-59 under a blanket

[jcf]

A twin prop 262 would work if you left it a taildragger. 

[sandiego89]

Maybe those cloths used to clean eyeglasses would make a nice "tarp"

[The Rat]

A twin prop 262 would work if you left it a taildragger. 

You would have to remind pilots to NOT lift the tail before taking off, which is standard procedure with a lot of conventional gear aircraft.

[Wardukw]

Ive seen the footage of the 262 tail sitter taking off and it sat on its tail until it was nearly air bourne so Rat man is right ..and it would need very small dia propellers which would make it pretty slow .

[Scotaidh]

Problem with a tail-wheel was that there wasn't any airflow over the tail at that attitude.  They set up a rather dodgy practice of with marker on the runway where the pilot had to dab the brakes to bring up the tail so they'd have  control.  Experienced pilots could get away with it, but they were running out of those ... they pretty much had to change to a tricycle gear.

[frank2056]

I found my Karo-As P-59 and it is injected. It was next to my Rareplane P-59 which is a vacuform.

[jcf]

Geared propeller drive just as on a piston engine which offsets
the propeller vertically. Also a paddle-bladed prop as was typical
on the later war German fighters.
Their approach as engine power increased was to broaden the
propeller blades rather than lengthening them or adding more
blades.

T56, offset drive.

[nönöbär]

Taking about Me262 with props, something like this could be made to the P59 as well:

Avia S-96 'Jestráb', August 1948


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Or like the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me262/2M V1, June 1944


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