Fw Ta 183

Added on August 6th, 2010 by atkinson | Report Post
Tags:Military, WTF

The father of (various) post-war jet fighters!
http://www.luft46.com/fw/ta183-i.html
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Ta_183#Influence)

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mikoyangurevich15 (#4228)

15 years ago

“The father of (various) post-war jet fighters!”Not really.It bears a passing resemblance to the SAAB “Tunnan”,but even that was entirely an independent creation.

#makecasemdsgreatagain (#5034)

15 years ago

Father of modern jets= Me262?

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Kishi (#3562)

Reply to #makecasemdsgreatagain

15 years ago

Eh, the US and the UK had jet fighters they were testing before the 262 ever saw combat.

#makecasemdsgreatagain (#5034)

Reply to Kishi

15 years ago

Where they ever put into combat,on the scale that the 262 was put into?

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Kishi (#3562)

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15 years ago

Does that change the fact that they were developed independent of the ME262’s existence?

I don’t know how many the Brits had, but the Meteor saw combat, and was put into operation only a couple months behind the 262.

mikoyangurevich15 (#4228)

Reply to Kishi

15 years ago

The Meteors chased V-1`s over the English country side.In the final months of the war they deployed a short squadron on the continent.They were not allowed to cross the front lines in fear of the possibility of being shot down and the Germans gaining their technology.Not that it would have mattered at that point.Oddly enough,the British continued to produce the Meteor until 1953.Long after they were completely obsolete.

onthebeach (#2406)

Reply to Kishi

15 years ago

They were using a different type of jet engine that wasn’t practical.

Awesome1 (#3992)

15 years ago

Fuck yeah, go German engineering!

jediadept (#3758)

15 years ago

Hortons were superior and looked waaay cooler; luckily for the Allies they were just too late in the game to make a difference.

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mikoyangurevich15 (#4228)

Reply to jediadept

15 years ago

Now Horton`s design IS the ancestor of several modern designers.

jediadept (#3758)

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15 years ago

Their “flying wing” design became our modern “lifting body” B-2A Spirit stealth bombers, they were waaaay ahead of their time.

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mikoyangurevich15 (#4228)

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15 years ago

Aerodynamics versus stealth technology?They had both.They did not understand that certain configurations of aircraft had an inherent stealthy capability.They just realized that aerodynamics was a key to speed.