Bachem Ba 349 B-1 Natter

[stona]

I think you'll struggle for a pilot.

Evel Knievel would probably have been the man for the job. He attempted something not entirely dissimilar back in the day.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Capt. Vick]

Jan?

 

[gumbyk]

I think you'll struggle for a pilot.

Evel Knievel would probably have been the man for the job. He attempted something not entirely dissimilar back in the day.

Cheers

Steve

There has to be someone around here who knows exactly how it handles after flying one on a flight sim!

 

[johnbr]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Tieleader]

Makes me what to dig out my Dragon 1/35 kit with the launch tower!

 

[johnbr]

 

[johnbr]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
• Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) height without fins
• Wing area: 4.7 m2 (51 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 880 kg (1,940 lb) fuel expended
• Gross weight: 2,232 kg (4,921 lb)
• Gross weight boosters jettisoned: 1,769 kg (3,900 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 650 kg
• Powerplant: 1 × Walter HWK 109-509C-1 bi-fuel rocket motor, 11.2 kN (2,500 lbf) thrust main chamber

2.9 kN (652 lbf) Marschofen auxiliary chamber

• Powerplant: 4 × Schmidding SG 34 solid fuel booster rockets, 4.9 kN (1,100 lbf) thrust each

or 2 x 9.8 kN (2,203 lbf) solid fuel booster rockets

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (621 mph; 540 kn) at 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
• Cruising speed: 800 km/h (497 mph; 432 kn)
• Range: 60 km (37 mi; 32 nmi) after climb at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)

55 km (34 mi)after climb at 6,000 m (19,685 ft) 42 km (26 mi)after climb at 9,000 m (29,528 ft) 40 km (25 mi)after climb at 10,000 m (32,808 ft)

• Endurance: 4.36 minutes at 6,000 m (19,685 ft)

3.15 minutes at 9,000 m (29,528 ft)

• Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
• Rate of climb: 190 m/s (37,000 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 62 seconds to 12 km (7.5 mi)

Armament

• 24 x 73 mm (2.874 in) Henschel Hs 297 Föhn rocket shells
• or 33 x 55 mm (2.165 in) R4M rocket shells
• or 2 x 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon with 30 rpg (proposed)

 

[Wurger]

 

[johnbr]

 

[johnbr]

 

[stona]

Where have all the wheels come from?

Somebody has been busy in photoshop. The Ba 349 was semi-disposable, the pilot and rear part of the fuselage containing the motor were the only components that would make a soft(ish) landing under parachutes.

It was even tried in unpowered (towed) flights.

Here the fuselage parachute has deployed and the pilot Hans Zubert is falling clear before deploying his parachute:

Here the reverse is true, Zubert under his parachute, the Ba 349s is yet to deploy.

Cheers

Steve

 

[johnbr]

Net

 

[johnbr]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

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