Dornier Do 335

[PaintSniper]

This German designed aircraft was hardly used at all with only 16 prototype and 22 preproduction aircraft were known to have flown. I just thought that maybe some prototype aircraft in Aces High would be an interesting concept. Of course the perk points required for said aircraft would need to be astronomical at best. Something close to 500 perk points per plane or something. Please add your own opinions as you wish.
Here are a few characteristics reguarding the Dornier Do 335 A-0 model.

General characteristics
Crew: 1, pilot
Length: 45 ft 5 in (13.85 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 1 in (13.8 m)
Height: 15 ft (4.55 m)
Wing area: 592 ft² (55 m²)
Empty weight: 11,484 lb (5,210 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 19,500 lb (8,590 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Daimler-Benz DB 603A 12-cylinder inverted engines, 1,287 kW, 1,726 hp (1,750 PS) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 474 mph (765 km/h)
Combat radius: 721 mi (1,160 km (half load))
Service ceiling: 37,400 ft (11,400 m)

Armament
1 × 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 103 cannon (as forward engine-mounted Motorkanone)
2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannons
Up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombload

[kingcobradude]

I like the idea, but perk it like the 262 maybe? or a little less

[Pannono]

Never saw combat

[PaintSniper]

Never saw combat

I understand that, but I'm saying that prototype aircraft could be fun to use so long as the perk count is high enough to limit it's use.

[Infidelz]

Never saw combat

If we acknowledge that it flew over Germany during WWII then we should be able to accept the fact that it flew in a war zone Now whether there was an actual organized squadron is immaterial and perhaps not related to having been flown in a combat zone in harms way  in combat Can we be certain that anyone shot down by this aircraft lived to tell about it Not sure with that much fire power that many would survive Just imagine a 30 mm shell going off in your face and you get the picture See the picture off the iron maiden album  I am pretty sure that is what the pilot of that plane looks like now So you ask him did you fly in squadron strength I mean look at that guy looks like a zombie Just design it and perk it No need to get all technical about it also consider the B2 bomber like how many did we build less than the 335 i think and it could be flown in here invisibly

Infidelz - punctuation -- perk it
For Official Use Only

[Ack-Ack]

It fails one of the main criteria...it never saw operational service and only 22 pre-production models were made. 

The only "official" account of any Allied pilot ever encountering came from French ace Pierre Clostermann, when he claims he and his flight of Tempests encountered a Do 335 flying at tree top height that was easily able to escape the Tempests. 

ack-ack

[Bosco123]

Hmmmmm, maybe a con aircraft we can used after?

[Bubbajj]

The SEARCH option is  your friend.

[jay]

prototype

[Yossarian]

PaintSniper, very well made post ( ), but it doesn't meet the requirement of seeing combat.

[ACE]

I wonder how the stalls would be with two engines set up like that?

[Rino]

     Usually cooling for the rear engine is a bigger factor for that type of setup.
A couple of years back, they were discussing converting the Cessna 337 "Mixmaster" to
turbo-props to help solve that problem.

     

     They removed the rear engine and replaced the forward one with a turboprop

     The original design's below.

[mthrockmor]

Perk it high, maybe even limit it to certain fields like the Me-163 but this ride should be in the menu.

[Ack-Ack]

Perk it high, maybe even limit it to certain fields like the Me-163 but this ride should be in the menu.

No it shouldn't.  It never saw operational service or advanced beyond the pre-production stage.  Those two things alone disqualify it from being considered.


ack-ack

[humble]

Never saw combat

Actually it did see combat but not in squadron strength. Multiple accounts from both Russian and US pilots of engaging a few of the preproduction birds in the last months of the War. Since it was the only "push/pull" configuration no other possibility then the DO-335