Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

I hope you guys can appreciate this! :D

Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk52tDKELdQ

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Goddamn, good stuff!!!!
Did JG 400 was supposed to get them?
Or Flieger Hitlerjugend??
Or Volkssturm???

Well done document.

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Indeed very funny, wish there was more!

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

So this must be top secret news - the last secret of the IIIrd Reich revealed...

Regards

Roland

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Guys,

just for fun - I encouraged this guy to build a model of flying VW Beetle with V-1 launch system.

http://modelforum.upce.cz/forum/view...p?f=58&t=22272

:)

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

You mean it wasn't powered by the Thule Society's secret anti-gravity system? Shame!

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Hi Nick,

No, it was. It utilized Thule I system. Don´t you know??
But it needed V-1 launch device for take-off.
It improved later on with introducing Thule II system. But it required 100 octane fuel, which was difficult to get.
Therefore the late war Thule III was able to digest wood gas ... which however required rather complicated control during flight ... and often led to unwilling bail-outs

:D

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

The Youtube.com propaganda-protection works nice:
"This video is not available in your country."

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Interesting news guys, in RL 87/425b there is a document from LC III Beschaffungsmeldungen dated 19 October 1944 stating that 20 examples of the Volkswaffe Vw 389 "Käfer" B-0/U3/R1 was completed for JG.z.b.V 88. Reference is made to "Taktische Forderungen - Rüstungsflugzeug Volkswaffe II Volkssturm giving clear detail of the performance and equipment. The Baubeschreibung states that the paint scheme was RLM 64 Dunkelgrün and RLM 83 over RLM 78.

Gen.Qu. Einsatzbereitschaftsmeldungen reports that the unit became operative on 1 April 1945 and scored 26 kills on the first mission!

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

I believe this the first noted use of name "Käfer" in regard of Kdf. Do you know if it was officially approved name or just a code name of the project?

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Hi Franek,

I think that this name was used as early as in 1939. Prototypes were used against Polish Air Force during September 1939 under Erprobungskommando Käfer. As far as I know Polish Air Force used quite succesfully DDT against Beetles.

Re: Volkswaffe: The Flying Cars of Nazi Germany
 

Hmm, I know of so called Amerikakaefers being dropped to Poland as WMD, and they were picked out individually. Perhaps they were bigger, so DDT did not work. :>