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Thanks for the information. You might be interested in a book called
American Raiders, by Wolfgang Samuel, about Project Lusty that gathered up German "stuff" after the war, and especially the Me-262. They got a whole squadron of them, and two Arado Blitzs, which with other planes were loaded onto HMS Reaper and taken back to the U.S. I assume one of the Arados is the restored model in the Udvar-Hazy annex of NASM out at Dulles airport. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Expedition sailboat charters www.expeditionsail.com |
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:05:07 GMT, "The Enlightenment"
wrote: The BMWs translating exhaust cone was opperated electrically rather than hydraulicaly and was not automatic though this was planed. The pilot simply had 3 position switch to select closed, open and intermediate. (it was needed mainly during startup and idle) As I recall, the American pilots flying the Me-262 (Jumo engines) were instructed to watch the cone so they would know how much thrust the engine was putting out. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Expedition sailboat charters www.expeditionsail.com |
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:44:27 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote: two Arado Blitzs Make that four. Two of them went to the navy. It seems they almost never flew the Blitz. The tires were so bad they blew at inopportune moments. The other continual problem with all the German war trophies was the brakes. One pilot wrecked an Me-262 at Philadelphia? when he came in a bit hot, landed long, and couldn't brake to a stop before running off the end into the ditch. One of the things the Americans loved about the 262 was its modular construction. Most bad landings could be salvaged by bringing in a new nose or wing. (The front landing gear was weak, evidently, and they collapsed a couple of them.) The Philadelphia? (it was in PA anyhow) crash couldn't be salvaged, however. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Expedition sailboat charters www.expeditionsail.com |
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It seems they almost never flew the Blitz. The tires were so bad they
blew at inopportune moments. The other continual problem with all the German war trophies was the brakes. One pilot wrecked an Me-262 at Philadelphia? when he came in a bit hot, landed long, and couldn't brake to a stop before running off the end into the ditch. One of the points of contrast that Brits like to draw is that the German jets were all rushed into production, and nearly killed as many German airmen as Allied, while the Meteor and Vampire were brought into use normally, and had long successful service careers and development. |
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In article ,
Cub Driver writes: On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:44:27 -0400, Cub Driver wrote: two Arado Blitzs Make that four. Two of them went to the navy. It seems they almost never flew the Blitz. The tires were so bad they blew at inopportune moments. The other continual problem with all the German war trophies was the brakes. One pilot wrecked an Me-262 at Philadelphia? when he came in a bit hot, landed long, and couldn't brake to a stop before running off the end into the ditch. One of the things the Americans loved about the 262 was its modular construction. Most bad landings could be salvaged by bringing in a new nose or wing. (The front landing gear was weak, evidently, and they collapsed a couple of them.) The Philadelphia? (it was in PA anyhow) crash couldn't be salvaged, however. Dan, you might want to check out the Defence Technical Information Center site at: http://stinet.dtic.mil/ Documant ADA800524.PDF is the final report of the flight evaluation of Me 262s conducted by the USAAF Air Technical Intelligence Branch. Some of the high points: 2 aircraft tested (T-2-711 and T-2-4012) 711 flew 12 flights for a total of 10 Hrs 40 Min, 4012 made 8 flights for 4 Hrs 40 Min. Five engine changes were required for 711, and four on 4012. A double engine failure resulted in the loss of 711 (Sp, I guess, you _could_ make a case for 7 engine changes being required), with the pilot bailing out successfully. Testing was halted on 4012 after 2 single-engine landings due to engine failure in flight. It was determined that the benefits of further testing did not justify the risks. (And they were running out of engines.) I quoted the comparative handling characteristics and performance with the F-80A last night. The systems abard teh aircraft were considered generally satisfactory, with the exception of dismal brakes. Note that they felt no need to conduct specific single-engine testing - they ended up with plenty of single-engine flight time anyway. And yes, the engine failure rate was a tad high. This was due in large part to teh USAAF not recovering the engine logs with the engines. (They tended to get lost in the Surrender Shuffle or detroyed) This meant they had no way of knowing how close a particular engine was to being close to a critical point in its lifetime. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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