Heimatschutzer III and IV Aircraft vs HG III and IV

[robert arndt]

For those who enquired about the difference in lay-out:

Me-262 Heimatschutzer III design:

http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/Me%20262%20Interzepter%20III.jpg

Me-262 Heimatschutzer IV design:

http;//www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/Me%20262%20Heimatschutzer%20IV.jpg

.... now compare these to:

Me-262 HG III design:

http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/ANT%2021.jpg

Me-262 HG IV design (Lippisch version):

http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/ANT%2023.jpg

Rob

[Krztalizer]

>
>Me-262 HG III design:
>
>http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/ANT%2021.jpg
>

Soo, what do they call the 3-seater HG? Curious - wartime drawings I have show
that craft as being labeled HG III.

Gordon
<====(A+C====>
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.

[robert arndt]

(Krztalizer) wrote in message >...
> >
> >Me-262 HG III design:
> >
> >http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/ANT%2021.jpg
> >
>
> Soo, what do they call the 3-seater HG? Curious - wartime drawings I have show
> that craft as being labeled HG III.
>
> Gordon
> <====(A+C====>
> USN SAR
>
> Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
> reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.

The Germans wanted to use the wing sweep of the HG II on the
three-seat nightfighter Me-262 project using the HeS 011 engines. They
did not, however, want to bury them in the wing roots. The drawings I
have show the original 3-seater with the HG IIs wings and underslung
turbojets.
The British were the ones that worked with Messerschmitt engineers on
toying with the buried engine layout, which would have been a stage II
aircraft if it were ever built.
The British were the ones that incorrectly labeled the 3-seater as HG
III. The Germans list it as "Messerschmitt 262 3-seat nightfighter
using HeS-011 engines". It was always intended as a nightfighter, not
a day fighter.
Hope this helps...

Rob

[Alan Minyard]

On 8 Jan 2004 20:46:48 -0800, (robert arndt) wrote:

(Krztalizer) wrote in message >...
>> >
>> >Me-262 HG III design:
>> >
>> >http://www.antaresmodels.com:90/IMAGES/ANT%2021.jpg
>> >
>>
>> Soo, what do they call the 3-seater HG? Curious - wartime drawings I have show
>> that craft as being labeled HG III.
>>
>> Gordon
>> <====(A+C====>
>> USN SAR
>>
>> Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
>> reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.
>
>The Germans wanted to use the wing sweep of the HG II on the
>three-seat nightfighter Me-262 project using the HeS 011 engines. They
>did not, however, want to bury them in the wing roots. The drawings I
>have show the original 3-seater with the HG IIs wings and underslung
>turbojets.
>The British were the ones that worked with Messerschmitt engineers on
>toying with the buried engine layout, which would have been a stage II
>aircraft if it were ever built.
>The British were the ones that incorrectly labeled the 3-seater as HG
>III. The Germans list it as "Messerschmitt 262 3-seat nightfighter
>using HeS-011 engines". It was always intended as a nightfighter, not
>a day fighter.
>Hope this helps...
>
>Rob

And, like most of the fantasy aircraft of the third reich, it never flew.

Al Minyard