Don’t be afraid of the German title, everything else is in English. A build to celebrate me getting Silver, the Silbervogel is an intercontinential, rocket-powered bomber designed to carry a nuke from Germany to the U.S. coast.
Grouping:
N/A
Armament:
1x Boom 1000 (Nuclear Bomb)
Backstory:
On 3 December 1941 Sänger sent his initial proposal for a suborbital glider to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) as Geheime Kommandosache Nr. 4268/LXXX5. The 900-page proposal was regarded with disfavor at the RLM due to its size and complexity and was filed away. Then Sänger went to work on more modest projects such as the Skoda-Kauba Sk P.14 ramjet fighter.
Professor Walter Gregorii had Sänger rework his report, and a greatly reduced version was submitted to the RLM in September 1944, as UM 3538. It was the first serious proposal for a vehicle which could carry a pilot and payload to the lower edge of space.
Two manned and one unmanned version were proposed: the Antipodenferngleiter (antipodal long-range glider) and the Interglobalferngleiter (intercontinental long-range glider). Both were to be launched from a rocket-powered sled. The two manned versions were identical, except in payload. The Antipodenferngleiter was to be launched at a very steep angle (which would shorten the range) and after dropping its bomb load on New York City was to land at a Japanese base in the Pacific.
(Excerpts from Silbervogel, Wikipedia)
Notes of the Aircraft:
An extremely quick and nimble craft, this bomber may not carry much armament, but the firepower it produces is second to none. Care must be given on landing, as it is a little bit nose heavy.
Silbervogel = Silver Bird
Specifications
Spotlights
- Jim1the1Squid 5.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 39.5ft (12.0m)
- Length 63.6ft (19.4m)
- Height 11.0ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 49,481lbs (22,444kg)
- Loaded Weight 64,506lbs (29,259kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.916
- Wing Loading 91.8lbs/ft2 (448.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 702.6ft2 (65.3m2)
- Drag Points 3795
Parts
- Number of Parts 89
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 545
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@FranzPeterSiegfried @Noname918181 *Looks back through builds *
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*Remembers we are doing this now, but a bit different *
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@FranzPeterSiegfried An interesting concept. I’ll finish my work on the aircraft listed on my profile (and a few unlisted), and get back to you.
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