Title: Mustang vs. Komet - Germany 1944 Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNw3a_07OjI Published:Nov 5, 2020 Author:Mark Felton Productions Post Date:2020-11-05 20:20:21 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:1015 Comments:5
The Messerschmitt Me. 163B was the only rocket powered intercepter in history. Find out how piston-engined US P-51 Mustangs managed to down two of these super fast aircraft in dogfights high above Germany in late 1944.
I was curious what the tiny nose propeller was, turns out it spun a generator for the electrical system.
The JU-87 Stuka had a similar sized propeller on the landing gear strut that turned a siren during dives (psychological warfare), but that wouldn't make sense for the 163B, any attempt to use it in a dive bomber role would pretty much be a kamikaze mission.
Yes. No big petroleum drinking engine to drive a fat alternator.
Instead a tiny prop to generate needed current like the last ditch generators our airliners deploy in a pinch.
This was last ditch technology put into play to fight the two front conflict that Bismarck warned his emperor against fighting. The Germans put their foot in it twice.
Pretty smart folks can be talked into doing pretty stupid things. An object lesson, no?
Pretty smart folks can be talked into doing pretty stupid things.
Canada has lined up over 90% of their population within 50 miles of the US Border, one quick strike and and all that maple syrup is ours for the taking!