Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[AdMan]

Originally Posted by bf-110

For what I read on luftarchiv,Horrido is from a saint,patron of aviators.

VRIL,heh,nice.
Haunebu would be better.Fitted with a Flak 88 as it was originally intended.

Haunebu, RFZ, and Vril were essentially the same lineage of aircraft. Later RFZ's carried the name "Haunebu", starting with the RFZ-5 but those came later in the war, the RFZ-2 was flying in '39 and flew missions during the Battle of Britain. I think it was the only vril aircraft that flew actual missions and was caught on photo by outsiders. From what I've read other Haunebu only saw test flights and the only photos were those taken by the Germans

either way, there probably isn't enough photos to model each version accurately to where you could distinguish the difference, you would likely have to combine elements from different models based on the photos that exist then the rest would be mere speculation. I can imagine if it was in the game most players who saw it would think it was an alien craft, just like in real life

[AndyJWest]

Haunebu, RFZ, and Vril were essentially the same lineage of aircraft.

Yes, the same lineage: hoaxes invented long after WW II. Mostly by people trying to sell books to the gullible.

Of no relevence whatsoever to a BoB simulation.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by AdMan

Haunebu, RFZ, and Vril were essentially the same lineage of aircraft.

Yes, they are all very closely related to rubbish.

Why do people persist in believing this nonsense?

[AdMan]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Yes, they are all very closely related to rubbish.

Why do people persist in believing this nonsense?

I thought it was well documented, granted I haven't spent a lot of time caring enough about it to find out but I dont see why it's so hard to believe.

Is there a reason you are so angered by it?

If there was such a test craft (or even if there wasn't) I dont see the harm of having something like it as an easter egg or something, this is a thread about random, unlikely/unbelievable things afterall. No need to get your panties in a bunch about it

[ElAurens]

You don't find it hard to believe that with 1940's technology and materials that the Germans designed and built a flying saucer?

Are you spectacularly ignorant of history, or maybe just 14 years old?

Do you also believe that the Me 262 broke the sound barrier and the Elvis is not dead?

I really worry about the future.

Truly.

[AdMan]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

You don't find it hard to believe that with 1940's technology and materials that the Germans designed and built a flying saucer?

Are you spectacularly ignorant of history, or maybe just 14 years old?

Do you also believe that the Me 262 broke the sound barrier and the Elvis is not dead?

I really worry about the future.

Truly.

do I believe they built a turbine-based engined and put it in a saucer shaped experimental craft that barely flew and most test pilots barely escaped with their lives as most accounts describe? Very Likely

Was the RFZ2 functional enough to fly a few recon missions? Less likely but plausible

Do you believe a nation of people were convinced through propaganda to follow a man into a insane crusade to try to exterminate a race in a belief that he would create a master race of God-men?

[AndyJWest]

do I believe they built a turbine-based engined and put it in a saucer shaped experimental craft that barely flew and most test pilots barely escaped with their lives as most accounts describe? Very Likely

Um, where are these 'accounts'? Have any of them been shown to be authentic?

Frankly, the idea that German jet turbine technology of the time could have provided the power-to-weight ratios necessary for a VTOL saucer seems highly doubtful, and I know of no other technology that would have got the 'saucers' airborne, if they were anything like the supposed descriptions. Of course, they were working on helicopters (very sucessfully), and maybe the 'turbines' were just rotors, described by someone without the technical knowledge to distinguish between the two.

[ElAurens]

I'm sorry AdMan, but there is no way I can take you seriously.

BTW, I have this very old, and very large bridge in Brooklyn that I could let you have, cheap.