DO-335

[weazel]

 

 This would be awesome!

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[Westy]

Well it would certainly be interesting to fly to say the least.
 It would make me nervous if I was a high flying B29. The pilot of that plane would be nervoous if he had to fly against the Allied fighters coming out at the same time, P47-M, latest Spitfire, Tempest V, P-82 and P51K...etc.
 It was impressive in speed. Not maneuverability. But that reflects it's design as the anit B-29 weapon the Germans had to come up with when reports of how bad the Japanses were fairing against the B-29's.

 -Westy

[Windle]

IMO 'Flug Werks Inc.' ought to turn out a few of those puppies after they finish with their new production Bf-109's  

I hope the next leap in the warbird industry is to manufacture new DB601's and BMW radials for all the rare LW Iron that's being dredged out of the Russian swamps. It's a shame all the new production 190's are having to utilize Chinese Ash-82 radial engines. Wonder how many millions it would cost to tool up for a production run of new FW-190 engines?

BTW what engines were used in the Do-335?

 

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[chisel]

DB603E or DB603LA

[weazel]

Can we have it in the sim? I think it would be great for BNZ`ing all those Spitfires I`m seeing!  

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[This message has been edited by weazel (edited 10-09-1999).]

[Hristo]

An uber plane like that would unbalance the arena. The test data is hard to find if it even exusts. How many of them actually see combat ? If we get it, it would lead to cries for Ta or F8F.

BUT, it sure is a nice bird, and it is also LW   How about we get it, HTC ?

[weazel]

More info-and a cockpit view.


Technical Data:
Dimensions: Span: 13,8 m(45.4 ft), Length: 13,87 m (45.6 ft), Height: 4,0 m (16.4 ft),  
Weights (A-1) Empty:7400-7700 Kg, Loaded: 11700 Kg
Engines: Two Daimler-Benz DB603G 12-Cylinder/inverted-V - liquid-cooled
engines in a push-pull configuration - HP 1,900 HP
Performance: Maximum Speed: 413 - 477 mph, Climb rate: 4600 ft/min
 Ceiling: 37400 ft , Range: 3750 Km (2330 miles)
Arment: 1 x 30mm MK 108 Cannon in the nose / 2x 15mm machine guns above.
additional Arment: 2 x 30mm MK 108 Cannons in wing pods  

The DO 335 Pfeil was one of the most unique fighter-planes of WW II
The revolutionary construction combined a front and a rear-engine with push
and pull-propellers. This ingenious drive-system permitted a fuselage with
low air-resistance and made the DO 335 one of the fastest propeller driven
airplanes of WWII. After minor troubles with the cooling-system of the rear-
engines the first four DO 335s were delivered to their unit in September 1944.
The type A-1 was an all-weather fighter-bomber. It was planned to produce the
types A-2 and A-3 as destroyers with additional cannons in wing-pods.
At a later time the plane was to be equipped with the same R4/M Rheinmetall
air to air missiles that were used with the ME 262. It was also planned to use
the new X4 Ruhrstahl wire-guided air to air missiles.

   


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[This message has been edited by weazel (edited 10-09-1999).]

[Hristo]

So, there is some data !

MK 108 ? Didn't it have MK 103 ?

[funked]

Yes it had an MK103 in the spinner, and 2 x MG151/20 in the cowl.  The B-2 version also had an MK103 in each wing, and could carry a pair of 500kg bombs.  The B-2 would be an absolute monster for ground attack.

But these things never really got into production.  It would be cool to have if AH decided to do a "no holds barred" plane set.  Allow anything that was in production by VJ day.

[Sharky]

Man that plane is so ugly it doesn't fly the earth just repels it  

Sharky

[juzz]

Fun Pfeil Facts:

The front airscrew had reversable pitch to shorten landing run by about 25%

For wheels-up landings the lower vertical tail was able to be jettisoned

Ejection procedure - On the starboard side of the cockpit were 3 buttons - the first one jettisons the rear airscrew, the second jettisons the upper vertical tail surface, and the third arms the ejector seat.

The hood was jettisoned manually by pulling back on two levers attached to the canopy that activate the explosive charges. The story goes that when two of the prototypes crashed the pilots were found still in the cockpit without arms, since a firm grip on the jettison handles took them with the canopy as it was blown off.

Finally the seat (propelled by compressed air) was fired by a trigger on the starboard side armrest.

It was recommended to land on the two mainwheels and the tail bumper (part of the lower vertical fin) before letting the nose drop onto the front wheel.