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Offline Tracerfi

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Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« on: December 19, 2012, 02:51:54 PM »
I have tried to research it but came up empty i would appreciate it 
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2012, 02:55:09 PM »
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  you couldnt have looked very hard,there's tons of imfo out there,google is your friend.



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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2012, 02:57:03 PM »
Ya I was going to ask if you knew how to use google.

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2012, 03:40:37 PM »
I have tried to research it but came up empty i would appreciate it 

Searching for He 219 using Google yields 346,000,000 results. 

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2012, 03:44:45 PM »
One more question does it fit the bill to be added ? if so would you guys fly it if it were added
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2012, 03:53:08 PM »
Searching for He 219 using Google yields 346,000,000 results. 

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 04:11:20 PM »
Best books are by Remp and by Dressel & Griehl. Also, try to register at the Luftwaffe Experten Message Board and track down some of their threads on the 219. One in particular is basically an encyclopedia of all the latest info.

Discount anything you read about 6 Mosquitos in 10 days after Streib's initial sortie - didn't happen.

One more question does it fit the bill to be added ? if so would you guys fly it if it were added

Short answer is no and no. It was used in squadron strenght, however it was a dedicated night-fighter, and we don't have night. Also, take the same engines as are on the Me 410, put them on a larger, heavier aircraft, then put flame dampers on the exhausts and festoon the nose with aerials. Not a winning combination.
... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2012, 04:18:51 PM »
Searching for He 219 using Google yields 346,000,000 results. 

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Sadly, about 345,000,000 of them repeat the same inaccurate BS.
... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2012, 04:38:23 PM »
I have read that it couldn't break 400mph in service with all of its gear.  It never approached Heinkel's 420mph claim.

That said, it is a very nice looking airplane.
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2012, 05:28:02 PM »
The 400mph+ speed speed was achieved with a striped a/c. iirc no exhaust shrouding, no antenna, some guns absent.

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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2012, 05:56:57 PM »
The 400mph+ speed speed was achieved with a striped a/c. iirc no exhaust shrouding, no antenna, some guns absent.
and in a vertical dive.
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2012, 06:45:21 PM »
and in a vertical dive.
Could you please describe a non-verticle dive ? Does it involve a hot-water heater ?
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2012, 08:19:46 PM »
One more question does it fit the bill to be added ? if so would you guys fly it if it were added

Once or twice, just to see how it all hangs together and then back to the Storch I'd go.
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Re: Does anyone have info on the HE 219
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2012, 08:26:36 PM »
400+ mph was calculated speed for a fully equipped He 219 with Jumo 222 engines, a combination never flown. The fastest He 219 may have been one of the 5 D-1 equipped with Jumo 213E, provided the high-alt stage of the engine didn't broke down.