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Old January 11th 04, 02:49 PM
Andreas Parsch
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robert arndt wrote:

A partial list of the projects:

He p.1076
Bv p.209/II
Ju EF 122
Ju EF 125
Bv P.188.01 (variable incidence wing)


"Paper" projects only.


Of course there were swept-forward proposals for the Ar 234, He 162,
Me-262, and the Misteln too. The only real aircraft with forward sweep
that the Germans got into the air was the Ju-287 jet bomber which flew
well enough for the Soviets to copy it in the USSR.


Probably only to find out what we know today: That the wing-twisting problem
couldn't be solved with 1940s materials and technology. After all, the
Soviets didn't field any operational FSW aircraft so far.

Postwar, West Germany had the MBB HFB 320 Hansa jet that worked well
too,


Only very slightly forward-swept (for completely other reasons than
high-speed flight), and max speed was well below the problematic regime.

the US toyed with the X-29, and today the Russians have the Su-47
Berkut (aka Firkin).


Both using modern composite wings and flight-control systems. _Today_ you
can build high-speed FSWs, but not in 1945.

Andreas