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Davparlr,
You must not know allot about the radar equipment of the time. The radars of WW2 weren't going to detect the Go-229, and if they did it would look nothing like an aircraft, just a way too small blob.
Also jet engines don't give larger radar signatures than a propeller engine.
In short if you think that the radar of the time was going to detect the Go-229 you seriously lack knowledge on their effectiveness in general.
Never seen a blob on primary radar unless the gains were cranked way up but thats the way a PPI looks on the moviesA small radar signature - yes. A blob? I doubt it,
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BINGO!Never seen a blob on primary radar unless the gains were cranked way up but thats the way a PPI looks on the movies
and Focke wulf and BMW and Heinkel .I fully agree.
The versions of Go-229 built weren't so by slave labor though, and AFAIK only Bf-109 production to a small extend utilized slave labor within the aeroplane industry. Ammunition and some small arms production plants utilized the most slave labor late in the war.
A small radar signature - yes. A blob? I doubt it,
Wrong about the jet engines too - even if surrounded by radar absorbing material - in this case wood, the intake and exhaust would show up. The area has to be "diffused" as done on the F-117 and B-2. That technology wasn't even thought of by anyone in WW2.
The Mossie and Go-229 could be considered "stealthy" but no way by intention.
Bottom line, Dave hit the nail on the head....
and Focke wulf and BMW and Heinkel .
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Believe it or not, depending the way they are configured within the structure, a jet engine could give a HIGHER signature than a recip. The only way to accurately determine is to place an aircraft on a radar test range. This is what one would look likeI disagree as he makes it sound like jet engines give higher radar signatures than propeller engines.
I never claimed that the jet engines wouldn't deflect the radar waves and give away a signature, only that it wouldn't show as big a signature as a propeller engine.
Again, there would be no way to determine that...Also the very shape of the Go-229 would make sure that the Allied radar equipment of the time wouldn't be able to distinguish it from a large bird.
The jet engines are the only good wave deflectors on the Go-229.
To a point - unless the intakes are diffused the compressor or turbine (if painted from the rear) is going to show up, and the signature will be very large.The way the Go-229's engines are configured into the airframe means a lower signature than that given away from a piston engined fighter. The frontal area of the Go-229's engines is also allot smaller than that presented by a propeller.
Agree....And as to the shape, well flying wings have smaller radar signatures than regular a/c.
Great info guys - and again I repeat...
The Mossie and Go-229 could be considered "stealthy" but no way by intention.