Me163 Komet (Control surface improved)
For one of a rocket plane that make history...
Take off instruction:
1) Turn on the engine throttle for 100%
2) then, AG1 for engine start
3) when air born, ditch the landing gear (dolly) AG3
4) then pitch vertically into the air like a rocket
(yes, it is indeed a rocket plane, not a jet engine, check the history) and get into the US Bomber formation to intercept ....
Armament: 2 x machine guns
I have improve the control surfaces to made this plane to fly vertically according to it's original history - But all the real works and credits has to go to this original creators: Oscargg and Bryan5
History:
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a German interceptor aircraft designed for point-defence. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, its performance and aspects of its design were unprecedented. In early July 1944, German test pilot Heini Dittmar reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), an unofficial flight airspeed record unmatched by turbojet-powered aircraft for almost a decade.
More than 300 Komets were built, but the aircraft proved lackluster in its dedicated role as an interceptor, having destroyed between nine and 18 Allied aircraft against 10 losses.[2][3] Aside from combat losses, many pilots were killed during testing and training,[4] at least in part because of the highly volatile and corrosive nature of the rocket propellant used in later models.[5] This includes pilot Josef Pöhs, a fighter ace and Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe, who was killed in 1943 by exposure to T-Stoff and injuries sustained during a failed takeoff that ruptured a fuel line. (Wikipedia)
Jettisonable main gear "dolly" unit - (hit AG3 in after air borne)
Me 163B's unsprung jettisonable main gear "dolly" unit
One still airworthy Komet today
aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2011/02/messerschmitt-me-163-komet-takes-to-air.html
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Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Me163 komet Remake
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 33.1ft (10.1m)
- Length 22.5ft (6.9m)
- Height 12.1ft (3.7m)
- Empty Weight 9,549lbs (4,331kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,896lbs (5,396kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.36
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.084
- Wing Loading 43.2lbs/ft2 (211.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 275.1ft2 (25.6m2)
- Drag Points 2467
Parts
- Number of Parts 97
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 431
@WinsWings Okay👍
@Oscargg and @Bryan5 Thank you guys! I have updated with the control surface to fly vertically according the history