Hi Pei,
>Out of curiosity how does the Meteor compare with the 262?
It would be an interesting match! The Me 262 is much faster than the Meteor, but in climb they might be quite close to each other.
The Me 262 will have an additional edge in high speed combat capability as the Meteor had some directional stability problems at high Mach numbers.
However, the Me 262 lacks the Meteor's air brakes, and I guess the engines of the Meteor weren't as touchy when it came to throttle changes as the Me 262's Jumos. Accordingly, the advantage in "transitional performance" probably goes to the Meteor.
In the low speed regime, I'd expect the Meteor's more taditional wing to enable it to outturn the swept-wing Me 262. (In fact, later Meteor variants regularly outturned the swept-wing Sabres in mock fights.)
Another advantage held by the Meteor is it's longer endurance, which can be translated into superior "combat persistance" :-)
The Me 262 probably has superior offensive capabilities, but I wouldn't underestimate the Meteor either.
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
