davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
Isn't that what happened anyways? Or are you referring to the lend-lease aircraft provided to the SU.
Exactly.
I think it depends entirely on when the SU would've been defeated. If it had been in late '41, early '42 the whole setup would've been so entirely different that noone can really say what would've happened. The war in the west might've dropped to another phoney war altogether. The total number of bombers doesn't play that much of a role (imo) as the overall casualties determined whether bombing campaigns were continued or not.
If the SU had not been invaded, almost the entire productive might of the US (all except the small portion used to push Japan back) would have been applied to the Western front. Even without war against the SU, Germany could not hope to keep up with the allies in war production. Remember, GB alone out produced Germany in aircraft manufacture. Great amounts of aircraft would still be over Germany, and "quantity has a quality all its own".
The Pulqui isn't the Ta-183 it's just based on the same layout. Given that the Ta-183 was just a wooden windtunnel models and pre-production versions by the time the development stopped, I doubt it would've made it into production in this exact shape if the war had progressed as the premise here says. With its projected powerplant I have no doubt it would've reached or at leat come close to the performance specs.
Possibly, but I think a lot of aerodynamic problems would have to be solved, which I think would have pushed the aircraft to '47 or so before an acceptable design could fly.
Same goes for the X-5 and the P.1101: The X-5 had swept-wings adjustable in flight and thus the center of gravity problem which could've never been solved. The P.1101 was much simpler.
I agree. I think the P.1011 could have been the first swept wing aircraft to be combat ready, mainly because they could test the aircraft with various sweep angles until they found a good one and then bolt it down.