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Old 6th July 2007, 00:23
Kutscha Kutscha is offline
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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

Graham, the F.3 I have as doing only 415mph @ SL. The F.4 being some 170mph faster than the F.3.

"The pilots appreciated the additional power provided by the Meteor III relative to the Meteor I, as well as the improved view with the new canopy. However, the ailerons had been deliberately wired to be "heavy" to prevent aerobatic maneuvers from overstressing the wings, and pilots complained that flying the aircraft could be very tiring; this had not been a problem with the Meteor I, since it hadn't been cleared for aerobatic maneuvers. Pilots also complained that the machine tended to "snake" at high speed, limiting its accuracy as a gun platform, and it tended to become uncontrollable in a dive due to compressibility buffeting."

" Just after the end of the war in Europe, a few Meteor IIIs were evaluated for possible use in the photo-reconnaissance role, but at the time their performance was not that superior to the Spitfire PR.XIX."

Are you including the vulching in the 262's loss ratio? Me262 units made claims for some 736 enemy a/c, of all types.