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Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Staga on December 03, 2002, 09:06:25 PM

Nice :)

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Staga on December 03, 2002, 09:12:09 PM

From http://www.stormbirds.com :

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25 NOV 02

LIFTOFF!!
 
We are pleased to report that a rather quiet and unofficial milestone was reached today when White 1 took to the skies for a brief period during a high speed taxi test. The aircraft reached an altitude of 5 feet Above Ground Level, and was an important first step in our upcoming test flight program.

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: niklas on December 04, 2002, 03:20:07 AM

good info, but i hope they build also single seater, because the two seater really looks ugly

niklas

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: brady on December 04, 2002, 03:52:17 AM

I should drive up their and druel:)

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: gatso on December 04, 2002, 06:34:38 AM

Fantastic!

Been waiting for news of this for ages. Thanks for the heads up  :)

Gatso

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: GRUNHERZ on December 04, 2002, 09:54:39 AM

They are pretty close to getting my Me262 done and I should be receiving it at some point just before I wake up... :(

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Hawklore on December 04, 2002, 12:09:35 PM

*Sniff*

Is that the same Me-262 Schwable  that someone posted the engine fire up?

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: frank3 on December 04, 2002, 12:23:09 PM

damn, I didnt know the Me-262 still excisted :eek:

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Soulyss on December 04, 2002, 12:53:15 PM

Unless I'm mistaken I believe this is the result of a group's attempts to build a NEW Me262 based on orginal blueprints, etc. etc.   I would imagine the engines and everything have been modernized for safety.

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Staga on December 04, 2002, 01:18:30 PM

everything about that plane can be found from http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: HFMudd on December 04, 2002, 01:18:34 PM

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I should drive up their and druel

Stop by my house (2 minutes off I-5 and on your way) and pick me up would you?

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: Strange on December 05, 2002, 08:57:23 AM

Yeah.. their powered by two small GE J-85..which are 'more' reliable then the jumo's

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: ra on December 05, 2002, 09:22:22 AM

Did the leading edge slats deploy during this hop?

Title: Me 262 up in the air again
Post by: CMC Airboss on December 05, 2002, 01:52:08 PM

I worked on that airplane during its construction.  The leading edge slats are always down until the airspeed is high enough to push them back.  They operate via gravity and airloads, through the use of roller bearings in curved slots.

MiG