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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 2367.PDF
NOVEMBER I6TH, 1944 327 trm in Operation Me 163 Rocket, and Me 262 AxiaUflow Turbo Units : Novel Vilot^ejector Emer gency Device ** THE HEINKEL He 280 differs irom the Me 262, mainly in having twin fins and rudders and cockpit cover faired into the rear fuselage. It is not quite so fast as the Me and far fewer of this type have been built. The wing form is typi cally Heinkel. as rocket-propelled. In both cases, of course, the purely- physical principle of thrust by reaction from the efflux, or jet, is precisely the samer Constructionslly the two Messersch mitts differ chiefly in that the Me 262 jet-fighter has two power units, one under each wing, and its airframe includes the normal tail sur faces, whereas the Me 163 rocket jet-fighter employs a single power unit in the rear of the fuselage and, while retaining a single fin and rudder, has no horizontal tail surfaces. Control in the pitching plane is taken care of by differential ailerons on sharply backswept wings. This air-, craft is being produced in two versions, for in addition to the operational fighter, designated 163B, there is a trainer edition, the 163A. As our illustrations show, both Me 262 and Me 163 are very "clean" aircraft, particularly the latter, whose top DESIGNED FOR HOME DEFENCE INTERCEPTION, the Me 163 has a single rocket unit giving phenomenal perform ance but exceedingly short duration. With no tailplane, it approaches the flying-wing ideal. Undercarriage is dropped after take-off. Operational and trainer versions are produced
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