Me-262 and derivatives

GTX · April 11, 2008, 11:41:39 AM

Quote from: Arc3371 on April 10, 2008, 03:26:49 PM
The V-tail is very tasty

Which particular V-tail one would that be?

Regards,

Greg

kitbasher · April 11, 2008, 01:13:59 PM

Quote from: GTX on April 04, 2008, 06:07:29 PM
QuoteWhy not a maritime patrol one, with propelers, longer fuselage and mines and torpedoes under the wings?
No torps, I'm afraid, but still how is this? I figure it's about the same era as the early P-2 Neptunes (hence the top turret). There would also be a wing extension between the engines and fuselage. BTW - the extreme nose is now perspex.

Looks not unlike a North American AJ/A-2 Savage.
Love the Zwilling Mistel!

GTX · April 11, 2008, 01:36:43 PM

I actually thought my first post in this thread was closer to the Savage.

Regards,

Greg

Arc3371 · April 11, 2008, 02:51:03 PM

Quote from: GTX on April 04, 2008, 11:46:34 PM
Maybe a single engined variant with a V-tail:

Regards,

Greg

This one

GTX · April 11, 2008, 04:40:33 PM

No worries - I'm also working up a plan view of that one.

Regards,

Greg

Arc3371 · April 11, 2008, 05:14:27 PM

That would make a nice postwar version with the AAM´s, Argentina? Spain? Egypt?

GTX · April 12, 2008, 03:46:50 PM

Going the other way - what if the jets never quite made it - could the Me-262 have been put into service with piston engines?

It's crude I know.

Regards,

Greg

Brian da Basher · April 12, 2008, 05:34:45 PM

You may think it's crude, but it's my favorite one yet!

Brian da Basher

GTX · April 12, 2008, 09:35:40 PM

Well, you should like these then - an improved single seater and a nightfighter:

Regards,

Greg

GTX · April 12, 2008, 10:13:27 PM

And continuing the current theme:

Regards,

Greg

Maverick · April 13, 2008, 05:10:10 AM

I gotta say Greg, some of these 262 derivs are very tasty indeed. The 410 powerplants look right at home on 'em. That nachtjager is amongst the best yet.

Regards,

Mav

kitbasher · April 13, 2008, 05:55:03 AM

Quote from: GTX on April 11, 2008, 01:36:43 PM
I actually thought my first post in this thread was closer to the Savage.

So you did, and I'd forgotten that one.

Brian da Basher · April 13, 2008, 10:52:06 AM

That last one reminds me of the carrier-borne Mosquito variant (name escapes me now). Mav is spot-on, those 410 power plants are a natural on the 262 airframe!

Excellent work, Greg!

Brian da Basher

Mossie · April 13, 2008, 01:14:31 PM

Well, there's the Sea Mosquito, but I guess you mean the Sea Hornet? The Hornet, although not strictly a development of the Mossie did follow a definate line.

GTX · April 14, 2008, 01:14:46 AM

Of course DB605s weren't the only engines trialed:

Regards,

Greg