Bill G.
Banned
My mind got to wandering yesterday with a crazy idea. So here it goes.
Most of us have heard of the XP-75 Fisher Eagle. It was an interesting idea even though it didn't work. This is the basis for my idea.
What if the Luftwaffe had had even more problems getting their jet engines to work. They heard of the XP-75 and thought what the heck. Why not try our own version.
Single piston engine fighters were going nearly as fast as they were going to go without exotic engines. So you are going to need two engines to go faster. The P-38 was about the best twin engined fighter. So that would be a good starting point.
The P-38 had a big problem, compressibility. So take the swept wings of an Me-262 to delay compressibility. Add the tail and horizontal stabilizers of the 262 to the tail booms. To reduce drag and turbulent air flow around the tail, remove the radiators from the tail booms and replace them with the radiator from the P-51 Mustang.
For engines, take the best from the Bf-109G. Delete the guns as these will, like the P-38, be in the nose. And like the P-38, the props will contra-rotate.
I would like to hear your views as to how this hybred would work.
And if anyone is so bored and has the stuff to "draw this", I would like to see what this might look like.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
Bill G.
Most of us have heard of the XP-75 Fisher Eagle. It was an interesting idea even though it didn't work. This is the basis for my idea.
What if the Luftwaffe had had even more problems getting their jet engines to work. They heard of the XP-75 and thought what the heck. Why not try our own version.
Single piston engine fighters were going nearly as fast as they were going to go without exotic engines. So you are going to need two engines to go faster. The P-38 was about the best twin engined fighter. So that would be a good starting point.
The P-38 had a big problem, compressibility. So take the swept wings of an Me-262 to delay compressibility. Add the tail and horizontal stabilizers of the 262 to the tail booms. To reduce drag and turbulent air flow around the tail, remove the radiators from the tail booms and replace them with the radiator from the P-51 Mustang.
For engines, take the best from the Bf-109G. Delete the guns as these will, like the P-38, be in the nose. And like the P-38, the props will contra-rotate.
I would like to hear your views as to how this hybred would work.
And if anyone is so bored and has the stuff to "draw this", I would like to see what this might look like.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
Bill G.