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Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: ccvi on June 18, 2003, 03:34:46 PM

My brother found this pic on a model aircraft builder homepage somewhere...

(http://www.halos.de/ccvi/88-109.jpg)

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: Hawklore on June 18, 2003, 03:59:37 PM

It's The Junker Fock-Wulf Composite Aircraft, the lower component being a Ju88(H) with long fuselage.

Below from Janes Fighting aircraft of World War II.

"Although the germans had experimented with the varius composite aircraft combinations and had envisaged others of a more revolutionary type, the comparatively few composites which actualy operated had the Ju 88H as the lower component. The upper componet being either an Me 109 or a Fw 109.

Except on training flights no crew was carried in the lower component, all controls being operated by the pilot of the  ME 109/Fw 109. The ju 88 was modified to incorparte a larg hollow-charge warhead and became in effect a flying-bomb for operation at short ranges. The composite was intended primarily for attacking capital ships and heavily-protected land targets.

The pilot approaches his objective with a glide and, at the appropriate distance, release his aircraft from the lower component and climbed away. The Ju88 continued in a glide on its set course. During flight the engines of both the upper and lower components were running. Particuarly if fuel for a longrange was to be carried, the load on the landing-gear of the Ju88 was excessive when on the ground. For this reason a thrid jettisonable oleo-leg was added experimentally under the fuselage of the Ju988."


-may be some spelling mistakes sorry about that-

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: SunKing on June 18, 2003, 04:13:40 PM

History Channel has an intersting "German kamikazi" episode that explains these.

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: Furball on June 18, 2003, 04:22:35 PM

they used the Ju-88 as a flying bomb, the top a/c flew the bomb to the target, lined it up and released. Called Mistel if i remember correctly!


(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/Mistel-14s.jpg)
(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/Mistel-2.jpg)
(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/Mistel-4s.jpg)
(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/JU88-mistel-139.jpg)

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: Hawklore on June 18, 2003, 05:48:17 PM

This paticular thing is not kamikazi.

The ju88 was unmanned on actual missions but manned on training flights.

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: ra on June 18, 2003, 06:12:35 PM

...sorry this thread is not what I thought it was about..

Title: Interesing mating...
Post by: Hawklore on June 18, 2003, 06:55:34 PM

Quote

Originally posted by ra
...sorry this thread is not what I thought it was about..

Dirty mind...

Wasn't what I thought it was either..but..turned out I knew about it..:o