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[cheddar cheese]

well i dont know if it did or not, i doubt it, but if it did then i hae no knowledge of this whatsoever

 

[plan_D]

The 262 could have probably intercepted a V-1. Those prop driven aircraf that intercepted V-1s didn't have an easy time doing so, the Meteor did however.

 

[Lightning Guy]

And the Me-262 was (probably) faster than any mark of Meteor to see service, clearly faster than any of the piston-engined aircraft intercepting V-1s. It would have had no problem shooting down V-1s.

 

[plan_D]

That's what I was trying to get at, I didn't word it very well though.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

And the Me-262 was (probably) faster than any mark of Meteor to see service

no, the F.8 , the last major production varient, could easily break 650mph.........

 

[Lightning Guy]

When did the F.8 enter service? So far as I know the F.3 was the last mark in service during the war.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes but we are talking about post war meteors and 262s, of which the meteor was better...............

 

[plan_D]

I thought everyone agreed on that...I must have missed something...

 

[Lightning Guy]

Because the 262 didn't have the advantage of post-war development that the Meteor had. Who was flying the 262 post-war? The Checks? Please. The Meteor was better post war but only because it had better engineers working on it.

 

[kiwimac]

Had the Me 262 had the kind of post-war development that the Meteor had, it would have continued to be the better of the two planes.

Kiwimac

 

[plan_D]

I fail to see how since the British engines designers were and still are the best in the world. Aircraft have a lot to gain from their engines, and the Meteor engines would have been superior.

 

[Lightning Guy]

That whole engine matter is the subject of another debate. But the Me-262 had the better airframe of the two. Even if German engines were inferior than those on the Meteor it would have been far superior to anything the Checks could have developed. And the superior airframe of the Me-262 meant that it could achieve better performance for a given amount of power.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

meteor has a higher ceiling, and besides, it wouldn't be long before the EE lightening, and there's no way you could say a 262 can beat a EE Lightening......................

 

[plan_D]

The EE Lighting was designed in 1949, and if the war was still going on it would have been a lot quicker to service because of more funding.
And nothing could beat the EE Lightning for decades, only in the 80s when the F-16, F-15 and F-18 came into the American airforce was the Lightning finally given its cards.

If anyone, and I mean, ANYONE says any kind of Me262 was better they are the stupidest people I have EVER met.

 

[Lightning Guy]

But I think we are missing the point. This aircraft weren't in service during the war. The 262 was. If the war had continued who knows what the Germans might have done. We can't say so let's skip all the hypotheticals. The 262 was better than any other jet to see service during WWII.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

with the exeption of the meteor.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

for christs sake lanc, do i have to spell it out?

THE METEOR WAS NOT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE 262 DURING THE YEARS OF THE WAR

 

[Lightning Guy]

I don't think we are ever going to solve anything in this thread. But I don't believe any of the wartime Meteors could defeat the Me-262.

 

[cheddar cheese]

me neither

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but that's just it, we never got the chance to find out, i think the meteor would win it..............