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Offline Clone155

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I like salamanders, don't you?
« on: May 10, 2009, 01:08:36 AM »
MODEL He-162
 CREW 1
 ENGINE 1 x BMW 003A-1 turbo-jet, 7.84kN
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight 2695 kg 5941 lb
    Empty weight 2050 kg 4520 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan 7.20 m 23 ft 7 in
    Length 9.05 m 29 ft 8 in
    Height 2.55 m 8 ft 4 in
    Wing area 11.20 m2 120.56 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Ceiling 12040 m 39500 ft
 ARMAMENT 2 x 20mm machine-guns 151/120 cannons


Popularly known as the '"Volksjager" (People's Fighter) but best remembered by the name Salamander, the He 162 turbojet-powered single-seat fighter was designed to employ as little strategic material as possible, which by 1944 was in short supply. Design work on the fighter started on 23 September 1944 and the first prototype flew on 6 December 1944. On the second flight the leading edge of the wing collapsed and the prototype broke up in the air. This did not seriously hinder the development programme and, after modifications were made to the wings, the He 162 went into large-scale production in widely dispersed assembly plants, many underground. However only 116 He 162A had been completed by Germany's capitulation and few were operational.

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http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/he-162.php

Why not? Heck, if we have other rare planes, why not have a cool one like this? It looks so sexy!

I even hear rumors that it was stealth capable  :O

Maybe a good convention plane?

Pictures to follow...
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Offline Clone155

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2009, 01:16:30 AM »
According to Wikipedia, this thing could go 553mph at sea level  :O









More photos at http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/he-162.html
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2009, 01:33:32 AM »
NO MORE JETS!!!

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2009, 02:29:13 AM »
Quote from: Clone155 on May 10, 2009, 01:08:36 AM
.....and few were operational.


And there is your answer.

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2009, 02:41:34 AM »
Quote from: Saxman on May 10, 2009, 01:33:32 AM
NO MORE JETS!!!

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Offline Clone155

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2009, 02:50:33 AM »
Quote from: Xasthur on May 10, 2009, 02:29:13 AM

And there is your answer.

Insufficient for inclusion.



What about the Wirblewind?
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Offline Karnak

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2009, 03:09:43 AM »
Quote from: Clone155 on May 10, 2009, 02:50:33 AM
What about the Wirblewind?
Many more were operational than of the He162.
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Offline Ruah

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2009, 03:59:47 AM »
Quote from: Saxman on May 10, 2009, 01:33:32 AM
NO MORE JETS!!!

 :furious :furious :furious

+1

srsly, if people want to fly jets, they should get a different game, there are far too many production airplanes (especially from the Japanese and Soviets  :pray) as well as a few models and variations of already existing planes that actually had an impact, were produced in numbers, and don't require massive perk points to fly.   I realize these jets are cool, and I would love to see them too - but only after the other planes are introduced.  This includes some serious updates for some of the planes that are in game as it is. . . 
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 07:09:07 PM »
Only if the engines catch on fire as if they were made of hairspray.
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Offline Larry

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2009, 07:14:01 PM »
Iv always wondered what the big arrow on the nose was for. Does anyone know?
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2009, 07:29:09 PM »
According to Adolf Galland:
"This project had one advantage: It was technically quite impossible to hang a bomb beneath the tiny aircraft and to declare it a Blitz bomber. Compared with the Me 262, the He 162 meant a considerable step backward in every way".

Apparently the first time it was demonstrated the test pilot pulled into a loop and the He 162 disintegrated (it was made of wood).

Quote from: Clone155 on May 10, 2009, 01:08:36 AM
I even hear rumors that it was stealth capable  :O
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Could you imagine trying to check your 6 in that thing? :lol
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2009, 07:29:44 PM »
Quote from: Larry on May 10, 2009, 07:14:01 PM
Iv always wondered what the big arrow on the nose was for. Does anyone know?

That thing's so smurfy, probably to distinguish its front from its rear
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2009, 07:41:37 PM »
Quote from: Larry on May 10, 2009, 07:14:01 PM
Iv always wondered what the big arrow on the nose was for. Does anyone know?

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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2009, 08:02:02 PM »
Quote from: Larry on May 10, 2009, 07:14:01 PM
Iv always wondered what the big arrow on the nose was for. Does anyone know?


 It showed the untrained pilots the direction they were going to go!!! :D
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Re: I like salamanders, don't you?
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2009, 12:30:17 AM »
Quote from: Saxman on May 10, 2009, 01:33:32 AM
NO MORE JETS!!!

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There ya go.


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