|
Re: Radio problems Me 262.
Hello Jaap,
I have no special reference to the problems that occured on Sept 8th and 9th. However, a document dated November 5th, 1944 that summarizes a visit to KG51 and Kdo Nowotny on Sept 21th and 22th mentions that fuel that leaked from the tank filler point (due to a bellows that didn't fit properly) and reached the radio equipment turned the equipment inoperative. In addition the high frequency cables of both the FuG16ZY and FuG25a were in several cases not connected correctly and sometimes broken.
The problem with the fuel filler point were not resolved satisfactorily until the end of the war.
Sometimes in fall 1944 the casing and mounting frame of the FuG25a were no longer made out of aluminium but out of steel. Additionally, the mounting frame for the 600ltr tank was also made out of steel. These parts affected the compass in the rear fuselage and the indicated direction was no longer correct.
A document dated January 12th, 1945 mentions that it was intended to introduce aluminium frames for the fuel tank for serial production from February 15, 1945 onwards. I don't know if the manufacturer of the FuG25 changed the material of the casings and mounting frames from steel to aluminium again, but I doubt it.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Roger Gaemperle
|