Luftwaffe Zeroes

[Snark]

Wasn't sure which section to post this is, but hope you enjoy it :-) RAF Zeroes next...
http://hushkit.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/how-the-zero-won-the-battle-of-britain/

[Father Ennis]

Pretty neat !!!   Soooooooooo ... Whose.going to make one first

[wuzak]

A slight problem with that scenario....the Zero wasn't in production in time for the BoB.

Also, the Zero could out turn a Spitfire at low speeds, not so much at higher speeds.

[KJ_Lesnick]

Wuzak got it exactly right -- the Zero was flimsy and while at low-speed it was virtually unrivaled, it couldn't handle aggressive turns at high speed without coming apart.

[dumaniac]

yeah yeah yeah with all the techo stuff - this is whatif - it is still a great idea and I gotta build me one - probably in 1943-1944 colours just to keep everyone happy

love the image - thanks

[NARSES2]

John Baxter In "The Alternate Luftwaffe - V.3"  has the RAAF using Zero's in the Western Desert as the "Brumbie"

[alfavega]

Reichzero






Bf 109 v22 and Bf 109X

http://www.germanaircraftwwii.com/blog/602482-messerschmitt-bf-109x
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/Me109-R.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants
http://www.adlertag.de/flugzeuge/projekteeng.htm
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/bf-109-x-2713.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/43735502/13/Bf-109-V-21

[Dizzyfugu]

As a side note - not actually a Zero, but you could use a kit to build this whiffy thing here:

J 19 - Saab L-12 A Swedish "Zero"
This fighter was meant to replace our Gloster Gladiators. The project was worked on by Saab, in collaboration with US engineers here to aid with licence production of our Northrop 8-A 1:s and NA-16-4 M:s. It was presented to the Ministry on Sep 4:th 1939, and work must have been started at least a year earlier.



What stopped this project was in fact the outbreak of the war, as the intended engine was to be a Bristol Taurus II, giving 1400 hp with 100-octane fuel. The British had to concentrate on known engines (and the Taurus would have been overweight and underpowered anyway), and as a replacement P&W Twin Wasp was considered (and well, the US didn't want to sell us any engines at that time). Also, Saab had to concentrate on B 17 and B 18, so there was never even a wind tunnel model built.
It looked very much like a Zero, and was an all-metal construction with fabric covered control surfaces. Span 10.5 m; Empty weight 2015 kg; Operational weight 2690 kg; Max speed 605 km/h; Engine 1065 hp Bristol Taurus; Armament four wing-mounted 13.2 mm guns and possibly two 8 mm MG:s on top of the engine.

Source (with some other fascinating SAAB things):
http://u-fr.blogspot.de/2010/12/cancelled-saab-aircraft-projects.html

[NARSES2]

Built a Bf 109X as a Japanese fighter. It's on the site somewhere