World War Two German Aircraft Projects

[Nicholas]

I've known about this site for a while but I just now thought of sharing it with you guys, it's a site about Secret German Aircraft projects during World War two.

One of my favorites is this one, the Horten Ho XIII B supersonic flying wing fighter
Horten Ho XIII B supersonic flying wing fighter (http://www.luft46.com/horten/ho13b.html).

Here's the main site: http://www.luft46.com/

[Mr. Christopher]

I've known about this site for a while but I just now thought of sharing it with you guys, it's a site about Secret German Aircraft projects during World War two.

One of my favorites is this one, the Horten Ho XIII B supersonic flying wing fighter
Horten Ho XIII B supersonic flying wing fighter (http://www.luft46.com/horten/ho13b.html).

Here's the main site: http://www.luft46.com/


Well, as much as people talk about secret German aircraft and weapons and such, I'm sure we American's have come out with the weird things too, you just don't hear about them as much. But, the picture looks similar to the stealth fighter, which is, sadly, in its final stages in the Air Force :-(

[Nicholas]

Well, as much as people talk about secret German aircraft and weapons and such, I'm sure we American's have come out with the weird things too, you just don't hear about them as much. But, the picture looks similar to the stealth fighter, which is, sadly, in its final stages in the Air Force :-(

Actually a while back they had a show on the History Channel about secret Allied weapons projects, which included some very interesting aircraft.

[Mr. Christopher]

Actually a while back they had a show on the History Channel about secret Allied weapons projects, which included some very interesting aircraft.

Hmm.. I watch the history channel and the military channel. I'll keep an eye out for the show haha ;-)

[Justin Thyme]

Yes, a lot of great stuff on the History Channel!

Of the allied wackiness, one of my favorites was the "aircraft carrier made of ice"....or more technically, pycrete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habbakuk

[flipper]

For those of you interested in WW2 'Weapons that never were' and alternate history, you mgiht consider the book "My Tank Is Fight" - a professionally illustrated bestiary of black op and experimental projects from that era.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587

[jesusfreak]

did you know that that was how we got the design for the stealth bomber. It was Hitler at first and at the end of WWII we got some of the sientist that were working on it but they didn't have the technology to do it back then. They brought it to us and we put propelors on it to try it out but that didn't work and we called it the flying wing, and when they came across it again they decided to try it again and they had the technology for it when they created the stealth bomber.

[TuckEverlasting]

Man, wars produce the kewlest technology. Too bad they suck in almost every other way. :sad:

[jesusfreak]

Well there is a saying that is "Necesity is the mother of invention" and war usually has the most necesity to have better technology so you can beat the enemy.

[Paintbucket]

The Me262 was a superior piece of technology, but it lost to the "inferior" P-51. So it's not always the case of the best winning.

[Tladatsi]

Well,... I'm sure we American's have come out with the weird things too, you just don't hear about them as much. (

I like the bomb-dogs. Dogs were trained to run off of landing craft with bombs attached. They were supposed to run up to the Japanese and then blow up. It might have worked if the US Military had hired some who knew how to train dogs. The Soviets used them quite effectively against German tanks.

[Paintbucket]

I personally like the minisubs that were used by both sides. Basically a torpedo with a passenger or two, built for disarming mines and recon.

The Me163 Komet was a pretty neat idea, but it was severely flawed. A rocket-powered point interceptor with a flight duration of maybe a few minutes after the rocket fuel expired, which was fast. Still, it was a pretty neat idea. I equate it to Kenny George of UNC-Asheville. A basketball player at 7'8" is an interesting gimmick, but not as effective as it seems.

[zorathruster]

The Me262 was a superior piece of technology, but it lost to the "inferior" P-51. So it's not always the case of the best winning.

The only repreve from the Me262 destroying the majority of bombers was the targets of the bombers, the ball bearing factories and refineries, ensured the jet engines were in short supply and the petrol was limited.

In the words of General Wilbur Creech, Tactical Air Forces commander in 1984, when describing the P-51, "The P-51 was a mediocre WWII fighter, especially when compared to German alternatives, forty years later these stupid congressmen want me to fight WWIII with this recreation of the P-51, the Piper Enforcer."