Best parasol or high-mounted wing fighter?

[MIflyer]

parasol or high-mounted wing fighter

The Defense Rests.

 

[Shortround6]

may we consider He-162 to be in the running?

Helps to be able to land not needing the Skills of Eric Brown?

 

[MIflyer]

"may we consider He-162 to be in the running?"

I think the "BEST" definition eliminates the HE-162.

 

[Shortround6]

Helps to be able to land not needing the Skills of Eric Brown?

Eric Brown was touching down at 105mph.
Once he went to idle setting on the engine during the approach the pilot was committed. Idle gate was selected when the pilot was sure of not undershooting. Approach speed was 125mph. The engine would not respond in time (spool up) for a go round if the pilot overshot the runway.
According to Brown the brakes were better than typical German (which normally was bad) but not up to task of stopping the plane without a lot of runway.
BTW it took a full minute to pump the flaps down.

 

[Dimlee]

2. The maximum speed of the IS-2 was higher (588 vs. 550 kph).

That speed has never been reached in the flight...

 

[BiffF15]

For those who know….

Flown this one OBTW.

 

[bf109xxl]

That speed has never been reached in the flight...

IS-2 made four test flights, but you are right - seems, that the maximum speed was not measured. I saw a value of 593 km/h for estimated top speed in one source, so I assumed 588 km/h were achieved in flight, but this has not been confirmed by more reliable sources. I apologize for the inaccurate information.

P.S. There are good reasons to believe, that the IS-2 was capable of reaching 570 km/h at least - if the engine was working reliably. Anyway, this sophisticated airplane was rather an archaism than a fruitful idea.

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

Nikitin-Shevchenko IS
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Wow! I continue to be amazed that I can still find out about interesting new planes I'd never heard of. And a 'polymorphic' fighter no less WTF!?

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

Add the Arsenal-Delanne

Add the Arsenal-Delanne AD-10... Possibly the fastest (except for the IS-4) and most versatile....

I'd forgotten this freaky little thing, and quite remarkable performance (if true).

Arsenal-Delanne 10 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

C'mon guys. Enough of those passe' losers. There is NO Contest!

The Scarlett Stormer was undefeated, flying against the best Axis aircraft, NEVER shot down, and capable of operating from land, sea or snow without special equipment!!

All well documented in time honored publications.

Neat! Bill Barnes Amazing Fake Airplanes

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

Does anyone understand why parasol / top wing seemed to often impede speed / performance in WW2 aircraft? or is it just a coincidence?

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

It seems like this Bill Barnes guy (or whoever the artist really was) would have been a great aircraft designer... !

 

[SaparotRob]

Does anyone understand why parasol / top wing seemed to often impede speed / performance in WW2 aircraft? or is it just a coincidence?

It has to do with disruption of the air flow over the wing root making it look stupid.

 

[GTX]

Well if it had made it to real hardware this Boeing late 1970's proposal could have easily been the best...

 

[SaparotRob]

Well if it had made it to real hardware this Boeing late 1970's proposal could have easily been the best...

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And look cool doing it.

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

They always lose a little something when they go into production though

 

[SaparotRob]

Still a good looking airplane.

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]