Yeah the Me-262 was the King of the Skies for all of 10 hours...Then the engines flamed out...
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Thankyou Kris. Atleast you understand what I am trying to say and I agree with you fully.
Yeah the Me-262 was the King of the Skies for all of 10 hours...Then the engines flamed out...
Yep,
thats exactly the 10 hours I am talking about 8) , unfortunatly they didn't have 3000 planes at 10 hours.
Don't bring up the pilot and fuel shortage now.
thanks
Okay Jabo or should I say Wespe. What would you rather be called? Wespe or Jabo? You tripped the multiple login alarm. What game are you trying to play? You know we dont like people being dishonest with others around here. Even though this place is laid back we take it serious.
He has 15 minutes...actually 10 now...
Swing Batta Batta Swing!!! He is out of here.
this wespe guy forgot the meteors great role in destroying v1's
its role weren't important bcs of the numbers,which are,compared to the tempest's low indeed,but because the RAF had the source, he could allow himself this 'luxury act' to have a jet-engined squad only to pick the lame attempt of v1's.
It wasn't just numbers that impeded the total of V-1's destroyed by Meteors.
"Great things were expected from the Meteors, but during their first week of operations they had no success against the flying bombs...something always went wrong. A common cause of failure was the Hispano armament.. Apart from the lack of engine power..restricted maneuverability,..the cockpit visibility was poor".
The Meteor III had a.."tendency to 'snake' at high speeds and this, combined with the heaviness of the ailerons, made it a poor gun platform".
From 'World War II Fighting Jets' by Ethell and Price.
During testing at Boscombe Down in 1944 the Meteor I .."exhibited a natural high frequency oscillation which spoilt aim (the Spitfire IX was 2.3 times as accurate); it was thought possible that this phenomenon was a characteristic of jet aircraft." 'THE SECRET YEARS' by Tim Mason.