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    Me262 vs. P-80

    uhh, big confusion!! Jauman is an early type of RAM material. I'am talking about paint, not material. Not the same thing you know? As for the last argument, same thing goes for the swept wing, the ME-262 and the He-162 had swept-wings, but only 10 years lather wold the US adopt a swept-wing...
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    Yeap, and you expect those guys to be telling the truth, right!! Sure!! American did made one great development in aerospace science back then: spin doctoring!
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    The mosquito "stealthness" was an accident, but not the the HO-229 's It was designed with that intent. So secret was the weapon, that the americans toke extra planning to capture it (yes, they knew of it's existance) so they launch a massive preliminary bombing raid on Thuringia, sparing...
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    Veterans praised the Mustang, but not a single one had a nice word for the P-80. There is a reson for that! P-80 development and early operational problems were eventualy mitigated, but the shooting star realy earned it's name, the hard way. In the end of the war, the huckebein was ready for...
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    Actualy it was, by then, almost ABSOLUTELY stealth!, since most WW2 radars were incapable of picking up things like birds. And the radar cross section of the HO-229 was lower than the F-117 one(a much larger aircraft). The plane was made of a special kind of plywood and covered with a radar...
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    The planes were built for quite diferent porpoises. The P-80 was still prety much on tests, but intended as an escort fighter. The Me-262 was designed as a bomber killer. The fact is that both aircrafts are quite hard to maneuver at high speeds since their relatively weak engines wold led to...
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    Me262 vs. P-80

    Numbers wold speak for themselves...if they were correct. You are, like all tendencious people do, comparing the best of a type with the worst of anhoter type. The P-80A didn't perform all that well, in those ages, it was very unreliable with many engine troubles and max speed was only...
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