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The Me262 was noted for its high speed, but it had several serious disadvantages:
1) It accelerated and decelerated very slowly. This meant that it required a longer runway to take off and to land. More importantly, because it was not equipped with dive brakes, and decellerated so slowly, this meant the aircraft required a very long straight approach during which it could bleed speed. Approaches in a 262 were typically 4 times the distance required for a conventional piston engined fighter. A conventional fighter would be able to land within the protective radius of the Anti Aircraft defences. The 262 needed to start its approach far outside the range of friendly weapons.
US and British fighters took advantage of this flaw in the 262's design by putting patrols over the approach lanes of known 262 fields. The Germans countered by forming special protection staffels, made up primarily of FW190D's, and which were painted with red and white striped lines on their underside, so the German AA could differentiate them more easily from the Allied fighters.
Most of the 262's killed by Allied Fighters were downed either taking off or landing. The most famous German Ace practioner of the Me262, Walter Nowotny, was shot down by P-51's as he made his approach for landing.
The 2nd generation of Jet fighters all incorporated dive brakes.
Additionally, the Jumo turbines which powered the 262 were notorious for 'flaming out', that is, when too much throttle was applied at once, the air/fuel mixture in the turbine ignited and caused an engine fire. The throttles on the 262 had to be VERY gradually moved up to their stops or this would happen. During takeoff, the procedure to bring the engines up to speed was a slow one.
This problem was also notable at higher altitudes, where the lack of oxygen density could cause an overly rich mixture and the same thing to happen.
I hope the AH Me262 incorporates these characteristics in its Jet.
