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By the way, I have a number of books in my library on the Me-262 but I recently bought David Baker's book and it's the best overall. It would have been even better had he included this material.
Directional stability was an issue due to lack of information. When Larry Bell was asked to come up with an airframe, they didn't tell him how big the engines were, how much air they needed, or how much thrust they made.
They gave him a big block of wood and said, "they won't be any bigger than this block of wood."
So, the intake are way oversize for the needs of the engine and a lot of air spills out front as it is NOT used by the engine. I'm afraid that no matter WHAT airframe were selected, the lack of information would have forced the same issues on it. We have had former Bell employees come to the museum and talk on the project, and the main issue was ENGINE. Had they known more, they could have done better, but they did what they could with what they had at the time.
Now THESE are some SUPER Useful pics! I am doing "Working Landing Gear" and control surfaces on a 1/32. ME 262 and these are GREAT Sources for me!Time for a new WW2 design analysis. Here is one on the Me-262. First part is the airframe.
Same as the P-39? First concept....Apparently the XP-59 did have the new airfoils:
What I'm wondering is how the engine's efficiency compared to gas-turbines. I do remember that NACA had really hitched everything to motorjets."Jakes Jeep" used a motor jet. A Turbocharged PW R-1535 twin wasp drove a compressor the air from which was then heated by burning fuel and also the heat from the engine. Unlike the Caproni Campini N.1 Jake's Jeep did not have a poor supercharger. Most importantly Jakes Jeeep engine also had demonstrated efficient combustion.
Is that actually why he actually quit? I know he eventually ran a diner.Him and the NACA being kept out of the loop broke Eastman Jacobs heart and he retired early in 1944.
The wings were still too thick, but it looked a lot like a mix between the P-39 and the Gloster MeteorSame as the P-39? First concept....