HE162 Salamanda a how did it even work?

[RCfalcon]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

It only flew for about seven minutes, so it's not like they'd get shot down a lot before the engine quit. Then they had to glide down and land on the ski, since they dropped their landing gear on take-off. Don't think ejecting was their biggest concern .

I think you're thinking of the Me-163 Komet. The He-162 is the Salamader, that jet with the engine on top. But yeah, with the Komet, they were just hoping they werent one of the 60% that died on takeoff.

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by RCfalcon

I think you're thinking of the Me-163 Komet. The He-162 is the Salamader, that jet with the engine on top. But yeah, with the Komet, they were just hoping they werent one of the 60% that died on takeoff.

Oops, my bad. All those numbers .

[RCfalcon]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Oops, my bad. All those numbers .

Yeah, those crazy Germans and their similarly numbered planes. lol

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by RCfalcon

Yeah, those crazy Germans and their similarly numbered planes. lol

Yeah, the americans are way better at that . P-40, P-47, P51, P-38 etc . Why cant they just give them cool names ? Just call them jug, mustang, lightning.. get rid of those lame numbers. Thats so old fashioned

[RCfalcon]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

Yeah, the americans are way better at that . P-40, P-47, P51, P-38 etc . Why cant they just give them cool names ? Just call them jug, mustang, lightning.. get rid of those lame numbers. Thats so old fashioned

Yes we are =P

Speaking of the P-38. Where is it? I want my Lightning.

...and the Horton flying wing, but I know that's a longshot. lol

[Doktorwzzerd]

Originally Posted by RCfalcon

Yes we are =P

Speaking of the P-38. Where is it? I want my Lightning.

...and the Horton flying wing, but I know that's a longshot. lol

Hear! Hear! The two highest scoring American aces of WW2, Richard Bong and Tommy McGuire, both flew P-38s exclusively. I need to feel all that speed, kinetic energy, and weight of fire; screw turning radius!

As to the other points in this thread, IMHO: 1) Sea Lion could have never succeeded as the Royal Navy would have obliterated the invasion fleet even if the RAF had been significantly reduced by the Luftwaffe. 2) Hitler was thoroughly sub-genius. German successes in France in 1940 and Russia in 1941 were due entirely to Guderian's genius as well as the excellent quality of the Prussian military machine, which the Nazis fully inherited and had nothing to do with. On the other hand all of the German reverses post-1941 were due almost entirely to Hitler's taking a direct role in the day to day tactical and strategic management of the war, a task for which he was eminently unqualified.

[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by Doktorwzzerd

Hear! Hear! The two highest scoring American aces of WW2, Richard Bong and Tommy McGuire, both flew P-38s exclusively. I need to feel all that speed, kinetic energy, and weight of fire; screw turning radius!

As to the other points in this thread, IMHO: 1) Sea Lion could have never succeeded as the Royal Navy would have obliterated the invasion fleet even if the RAF had been significantly reduced by the Luftwaffe. 2) Hitler was thoroughly sub-genius. German successes in France in 1940 and Russia in 1941 were due entirely to Guderian's genius as well as the excellent quality of the Prussian military machine, which the Nazis fully inherited and had nothing to do with. On the other hand all of the German reverses post-1941 were due almost entirely to Hitler's taking a direct role in the day to day tactical and strategic management of the war, a task for which he was eminently unqualified.

Yeah, Hitler was a 'tard, but I think Sea Lion could have succeeded. It just wouldn't have had a big impact on the final outcome of the war. The problem with using the Royal Navy to stop the invasion is that the invasion wouldn't have started until the RAF was thrashed. Then, the Luftwaffe could have seriously mangled the navy if it tried to interfere. Look what a couple of squadrons of Japanese bombers did to HMS Wales & HMS Repulse. Also, the Kriegsmarine could have filled the channel with dozens of U-boats, waiting silently at periscope depth to launch down the throat torpedo attacks on the RN. The Germans could also have mined the channel at night to deny the navy access.

[xNikex]

There's a new line of private jets made by Cirrus that looks just like an He-162 called the Cirrus Vision.

BTW, glad to be back and to see many others have joined the forum.

[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by xNikex

There's a new line of private jets made by Cirrus that looks just like an He-162 called the Cirrus Vision.

BTW, glad to be back and to see many others have joined the forum.

Welcome back. Personally, I think that the Cirrus Vision is an incredibly ugly plane, but maybe that's just me. The name is kind of lame too. It sounds like a cheap sedan. I'd take one of those Cessna twin-props over the CV any day!