Bachem Ba 349 B-1 Natter

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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
 
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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)
 
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:

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

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Cheers

Steve
 

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