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Looking forward to a future project. Two jet engines, 2 or 4 x 30mm cannon mit mineshells and (maybe) a couple of bombs? What's not to like about the Me 262?

 

Anyway, here are some primary source documents to peruse: (via Avialogs [first two] and Zenos Warbirds


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262 has already been confirmed.

 

This plane was also the most important reason I backed the project during Kickstarter.

 

Don't forget R4M rockets!

 

I didn't forget the R4Ms, it's rather that I catergorise them as a "Europe 1945" weapon. Nevertheless, they were a significant addition to the Luftwaffe's armoury and are worth having.

 

Some good info can be found in Luftwaffe Cockpit's website goto R - Rockets of the Luftwaffe - Luftwaffe R4M "Orkan" - there are some original documents posted.

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i am also really looking forward to that bird...not soo much to do combat in it tbh, but just to fly the first real jet....i have high hopes for the engine simulation of that module.

Yeah can't wait to fly the Meteor too, it flew and entered service before the Me262

But as far as I recall the first jet to fly was the Heinkel He178.

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Yeah can't wait to fly the Meteor too, it flew and entered service before the Me262

 

Source? According to Wikipedia, Me 262 flew and entered service before the Meteor.

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Source? According to Wikipedia, Me 262 flew and entered service before the Meteor.

 

According to Smith & Creek http://www.amazon.com/262-Volume-Two-Richard-Smith/dp/0952686732, the first Me 262 reached the first operational/trials unit Erprobungskommando (EKdo) 262 on 19 April 1944; the first operational sorties seem to have taken place around mid-July: Hptm. Thierfelder was KIA 18 July while on a sortie against American bombers, and a 544 Sqn PR Mosquito flown by Flt Lt Wall was intercepted on 25 July.

 

According to Shacklady http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gloster-Meteor-Aircraft-monographs/dp/B0000CLKKP , the first Meteor I, EE219, reached 616 Sqn on 12 July 1944, with the first operational sorties on 27 July (anti-V 1).

 

So, by the look of the info I have, the 262 entered service about 3 months before the Meteor, but beat it into its first operational sorties by only a matter of a couple of weeks - so far I cannot find an exact date for the 262's first operations against enemy aircraft.

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The thing is 616 was a true operational unit while EKdo was not.

 

Yes and no: Erprobungskommando means Operational Test Unit - Smith & Creek call it an Experimental Operational Unit - so the aircraft were meant to be used operationally against enemy aircraft, while sorting out any problems that showed up and/or devising tactics.

 

Strictly speaking, 616 Sqn was also an operational test unit for the first few months on the Meteor; it was the only squadron to use the Meteor I and it also was used to help work out the bugs of the aircraft, and devise operational tactics.

 

That's the best way I can put it, others might be able to explain things better.

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I didn't forget the R4Ms, it's rather that I catergorise them as a "Europe 1945" weapon. Nevertheless, they were a significant addition to the Luftwaffe's armoury and are worth having.

 

Some good info can be found in Luftwaffe Cockpit's website goto R - Rockets of the Luftwaffe - Luftwaffe R4M "Orkan" - there are some original documents posted.

 

They are slated for the 190 at some point, its been noted they were also historically available on the 262 at some point as well...

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Yes and no: Erprobungskommando means Operational Test Unit - Smith & Creek call it an Experimental Operational Unit - so the aircraft were meant to be used operationally against enemy aircraft, while sorting out any problems that showed up and/or devising tactics.

 

Strictly speaking, 616 Sqn was also an operational test unit for the first few months on the Meteor; it was the only squadron to use the Meteor I and it also was used to help work out the bugs of the aircraft, and devise operational tactics.

 

That's the best way I can put it, others might be able to explain things better.

 

There are many stories of combat experience with and versus the 262. I don't think I've ever heard a single one about the Meteor. Were they actually in combat anywhere, other than chasing down V1's?

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There are many stories of combat experience with and versus the 262. I don't think I've ever heard a single one about the Meteor. Were they actually in combat anywhere, other than chasing down V1's?

 

616 moved to Gilze-Rijen in March and then in April, to Nijmegen. The Meteors flew armed recon and ground attack operations without encountering any German jet fighters.

 

At this time in the war even some Allied piston pilots flew their tour without seeing a single German a/c.

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Thanks Milo thumbup.gif. Probably why there wasn't much to talk about that would have gained the interest of the public in general.

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Here is some performance info on the Me262 in standard vs planned configurations, Flugzeug Handbuch, and the manual used by Wright Patterson for their test flights.

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Here is some performance info on the Me262 in standard vs planned configurations, Flugzeug Handbuch, and the manual used by Wright Patterson for their test flights.

Thanks for sharing:)

 

While not a big problem, pages 6 and 7 are out of sequence in the final pdf.

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Here is the RAE tests of the 262 and also the He 162 and Me 163.

 

 

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RAE-german-jets.pdf

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Damn, that is impressive.

 

The original WWII-era Jumo 004 was painstakingly re-engineered using sophisticated metal alloy components and modern production techniques in order to overcome the problems encountered with the notoriously troublesome power plants during the war.

 

Also glad to hear it's not just some working engine found in a swamp made to run.

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Damn, that is impressive.

 

 

 

Also glad to hear it's not just some working engine found in a swamp made to run.

 

Yeah, the goal is to be flying again... rumours swirling that they have a Stuka in progress to get flight worthy again as well...

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