He-162 vs Meteor MK-III

Eric Brown flew the He 162 and his views were very positive. But he said the idea of letting untrained hitler youth fly it was utterly stupid and it needed an experienced pilot to fly it.

I think the engine positon was part of the rush job but I see no harm in it being there.

The 162 was fast well armed small and agile but with poor range. Also suffered structual failures. An RAF pilot was killed when rolling...the tail fell off.

Brown said the 162 had the fastest rate of roll of any aircraft he flew before. Not bad for a desperate design.
He said that the 162 had better snaking characteristics than the 262 or 234.

Graeme said:

And they keep doing it (circa 2000)

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And again . . .

...and again.(1952)