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within a year of the wars end the Meteor was setting the first 600mph plus speed records.
The potential of the 262 to be one of the greatest fighters in the world is plain to see, but due to factors other than design, by 1945, I think the Meteor was the better aircraft in service.
I have also heard that it is just a urban myth. I do not know so much about that one.
The thing is the russians realy wanted to catch up with the rest of the world when the west got most of the German technolagy and also perfected theirs.
The whole world got ahead thanks to the Germans.
Henk
but in terms of design stretchability, I am inclined to favour the Meteor
It doesn't make much sense to compare essentially post-war, up-engined variants of the Meteor to the wartime Schwalbe.
....both designs running into mach limitations around 0.85. .
MKIII 0.74
Me262 0.86
I thought you said something along those lines, but I might have been overreacting so I apologize.Riacrato are you saying I think you are a German apologist, because I dont think that????
It was also a better gun platform. The Meteor was notorious for snaking at relevant combat speeds, no such thing for the Me 262. The speed advantage (according to British tests) would always be in the vicinity of 20 mph if powered by similar thrust.purely on the basis of its higher speed