Interestingly, the SCHWABENLAND in fact used steam catapults to launch heavy seaplanes off the Antarctic. The steam was fed from the ships own boiler system.
I´d also go with a Ju-288/ Ju-88B hybrid.
Somewhat less sophisticated than Ju-288, i.e. Jumo-211J (initially) instead of JUMO-222, unpressurized cockpit section from Ju-88B, narrow fuselage and small wings from Ju-288, except for getting rid of both remotely controlled barbette guns -more...
Not sure what sense one might expect.
You would probably want to look into a more thoroughly militarized or tailored He-70F. The airplane was underpowered but streamlined and very fast for its time. With 635 hp BMW-VI it was good for 377 Km/h. One specimen exported to Britain was refitted with...
Scharnhorst & Gneisenau were among the most succesful naval surface combatants of ww2. Combined they sank:
CV GLORIUS, 22,690ts
DD ARDENT, 1,773ts
DD ACASTA, 1,773ts
AMC RAWALPINDI, 16,697ts
additionally. the following merchant vessel were sank or captured by both vessels during north Atlantic...
When reviewing Junkers official projected data on the Ju-288A´s level speed, I am almost certain that the level speed of 645 Km/h was given for a presumtive of 2,500 hp rated JUMO-222 A-2/B-2 or -A-3/B-3. This is borne out from the speed delta with other powerplants of known output at given...
I was eyeing towards solar roof combined with small battery, electrolyseur and H2 storage to getsome off-grid capability. I will wait one more year to allow vehicle-to-home solutions to fit in the BEV, which is the better battery solution.
No, there is not as much sun here as in California and...
BRETAGNE was also blown up from four major calibre hits. Honorouble mention should go to DUNKERQUE, which through the same action, was also disabled from four 15in hits (critical: two belt penetrating hits), lost all power and slowly settled, so it had to be beached to prevent her from sinking.
Prof. Hertel worked for Heinkel designing the He-177. He then switsched to Junkers, helping to design the Ju-288A. So probably there was cross company idea transfer. However, the He-219 bears no architectural lineage to the He-119 or He-111. Its closest to Ju-288A and in the 1941 timeframe...
Correction appreciated, Denniss.
for whats worth, here is the JUMO-222 timetable
1936
RLM specifies a new 1,800 hp class aeroengine
Dec. 6th, 1936
Junkers proposed a 1,900 hp rated at 5,000m full pressure height designated Ju P 2001, designed by Brandner.
May. 4th, 1937
RLM placed an order...
Performances for the Ju-288A (projected) with various engines (w/o MW-injection at this time) at altitudes given:
The often reproduced 690 Km/h are for altitude optimised JUMO-222 engines (I presume turbocharged)
JUMO-211J
560 Km/h at 6,800 m max, 515 Km/h at 7,000m max cruise
900 m take off...
No Irony needed, Shortround, its a serious question. The architecture of the He-219 changed from one reminiscent of the He-119 away just in the time, when Milch dropped the Ju-288A. And the stage now bears close architectural relationship during the dec. 1941 stage with the -288A and apr. 1942...
Lack of torpedo hits bears an implicit presumption. Why? Because Lundgren did not visit the wreck when he wrote his 2009 article. I understand he visited the wreck since but no such data was available to him back in 2009, and he was explicit about it. He is also explicit about the fact, that he...