I flew one of these in Il-2 Sturmovik 1942... got up to 80,000 feet, and then dove straight towards the ground. At around 40,000 feet the Me-163 broke up and I fell into oblivion ;)
Sorry, but you are wrong on both things. In the latest version of the Komet were installed a SG500 Jägerfaust. Ten 50mm upward firing canons that were ignited by a photocell. When the shadow of the bomber fell on the photocell, the canons were shot from below through the belly of the bomber. This invention came too late and only one Lancaster was shot down with it.
The Komet was converted to a guided ground-air missile and called "Enzian".
The V2 was converted to ground-air rocket and called "Wasserfall".
Other guided ground-air rockets:
Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling"
Rheinmetall "Feuerlilie"
Rheinmetall "Rheintochter"
A further developement against strafing attacks was the bazooka-like "Fliegerfaust-A" and Luftfaust (Fliegerfaust-B) with a bundle of small unguided rockets.
All those rockets and the SG500 came too late, but they were there.
The Komet was a very advanced but flawed aircraft. Very short flight time, 7 minutes and it's weapons were short muzzled had very limited range. Also the
rear wheel was not retractable and caused instability. After some time American pilots learned the Komet's weakness, it's slow glide back down after it's fuel ran it.
The were two hydrogen peroxide bottle, one each side of the pilot, like the arms of an arm chair. German tests showed if they leaked or were damaged the pilots body would melt in 9 minutes, even when he was wearing a protection suit. If there was even a just a cup of fuel in the tanks they would explode on landing. This resulted in 40 losses.
Why haven't Komets been draged near to the american bomber formations? It's range was too short , so if the Jerrys would have draged it by something like an Me410 close to the bombers it would have much more time to attack. It was originally a small glider so it must have worked. It's armament should be different also - two powerfull Mk 103 under the fuselage instead of the short range Mk 108s.
The advantage of the Komet was that it was able to get quickly up to the height of the incoming bombers before they were doing their job.
If the Komet would have been dragged slowly up to the service height of the bombers by another aircraft....the bombers would have been long away and would have already done their job, when the dragged Komet would have slowly reached the needed height.
This dragging method would have made the Komet useless.
@Prianger - It wasn't a Jet it was Rocket Aircraft. They had a problem of sometimes exploding even on the runway from their experimental engines. But in terms of a production WW2 aircraft they were as innovative as they come.
The Messerschmitt Me 163 is to this day the first and only rocket-powered fighter plane. One of the only rocket-powered aircraft, period. Very unique and interesting, but it didn't have much effect on the war's course as this video notes.
@Jurassic0Al In 2007 the Pentagon got congress to approve a new rocket powered fighter for America, the first one since the ME 163 Komet! But the recession hit, and the funds were not there, and in 2009 the project was cancelled.
germans had impressive technology if they had use this to their advantage then their victory would have been asured rather being impatient to use this while they were on the verge of defeat
@regit76 What's really amazing about the komet though, is that it isn't a jet. It's totally different. It's a rocket. It needs no intake, no outside air ;)
I flew one of these in Il-2 Sturmovik 1942... got up to 80,000 feet, and then dove straight towards the ground. At around 40,000 feet the Me-163 broke up and I fell into oblivion ;)
Philly2002 1 month ago
I am surprised the Germans never devised a suitable machine gun with a appropriately high rate of fire.
They were almost a piloted missile. Thankfully the Germans never had such weapons to detonate among the bomber streams.
NJPurling 3 months ago
@NJPurling
Sorry, but you are wrong on both things. In the latest version of the Komet were installed a SG500 Jägerfaust. Ten 50mm upward firing canons that were ignited by a photocell. When the shadow of the bomber fell on the photocell, the canons were shot from below through the belly of the bomber. This invention came too late and only one Lancaster was shot down with it.
megatwingo 2 months ago
@NJPurling
The Komet was converted to a guided ground-air missile and called "Enzian".
The V2 was converted to ground-air rocket and called "Wasserfall".
Other guided ground-air rockets:
Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling"
Rheinmetall "Feuerlilie"
Rheinmetall "Rheintochter"
A further developement against strafing attacks was the bazooka-like "Fliegerfaust-A" and Luftfaust (Fliegerfaust-B) with a bundle of small unguided rockets.
All those rockets and the SG500 came too late, but they were there.
megatwingo 2 months ago
if german won the war, now we are in mars XD
jarkanciofan 3 months ago
Ich hasse Krieg...aber wenn, dann hätte ich gern die Bomber runtergeholt...mit Überzeugung im Herzen...
asconese 3 months ago
The Komet was a very advanced but flawed aircraft. Very short flight time, 7 minutes and it's weapons were short muzzled had very limited range. Also the
rear wheel was not retractable and caused instability. After some time American pilots learned the Komet's weakness, it's slow glide back down after it's fuel ran it.
It was easily shot down on it's return.
andrewr62 4 months ago
The were two hydrogen peroxide bottle, one each side of the pilot, like the arms of an arm chair. German tests showed if they leaked or were damaged the pilots body would melt in 9 minutes, even when he was wearing a protection suit. If there was even a just a cup of fuel in the tanks they would explode on landing. This resulted in 40 losses.
binaway 4 months ago
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Mruniverseify1 4 months ago
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where can i get the blue prints for one of this
Mruniverseify1 4 months ago
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Mruniverseify1 4 months ago
Why haven't Komets been draged near to the american bomber formations? It's range was too short , so if the Jerrys would have draged it by something like an Me410 close to the bombers it would have much more time to attack. It was originally a small glider so it must have worked. It's armament should be different also - two powerfull Mk 103 under the fuselage instead of the short range Mk 108s.
gaborbravo 5 months ago
@gaborbravo
The narrator explained it in the video:
The advantage of the Komet was that it was able to get quickly up to the height of the incoming bombers before they were doing their job.
If the Komet would have been dragged slowly up to the service height of the bombers by another aircraft....the bombers would have been long away and would have already done their job, when the dragged Komet would have slowly reached the needed height.
This dragging method would have made the Komet useless.
megatwingo 2 months ago
what the fuck this airplane is amazing !!!!!!!
Prianger 5 months ago
@Prianger - It wasn't a Jet it was Rocket Aircraft. They had a problem of sometimes exploding even on the runway from their experimental engines. But in terms of a production WW2 aircraft they were as innovative as they come.
vulpixgrant 5 months ago
thumbs up if you wouls poop yourself flying that thing
hawksdawgs 6 months ago
Who could dislike this?
AntWrig 7 months ago
@AntWrig B17 pilots
Pawliee888 5 months ago
i love this aircraft
Dubconferencedotorg 10 months ago
very good. The only problem with these is that if the fuel leaked into the cockpit it would dissolve the pilot.
moogug 1 year ago
The Messerschmitt Me 163 is to this day the first and only rocket-powered fighter plane. One of the only rocket-powered aircraft, period. Very unique and interesting, but it didn't have much effect on the war's course as this video notes.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al It deviated U.S. Bombers at least I think so...
GoRunescape200 9 months ago
@GoRunescape200- What do you mean?
Jurassic0Al 8 months ago
@Jurassic0Al In 2007 the Pentagon got congress to approve a new rocket powered fighter for America, the first one since the ME 163 Komet! But the recession hit, and the funds were not there, and in 2009 the project was cancelled.
calimar28 8 months ago
The narrator and scriptwriters for this series did a fantastic job
MotorsportLegends 1 year ago
my favorite ww2 german jet is the Horten Ho 229.
unknown142313 1 year ago
germans had impressive technology if they had use this to their advantage then their victory would have been asured rather being impatient to use this while they were on the verge of defeat
zerocool967 1 year ago
The 20th century was such an incredible technical leap!
Hope the 21st century is a bit less painful, but equally productive in advancing mankind.
Cheers everyone.
superreverb68 1 year ago 6
@superreverb68 AMEN TO THAT
BROCKLESNARFAN1980 1 year ago
nice
tonihc91 1 year ago
Technological spectacular - Military practically ineffective!
cyberarmy007 2 years ago
5 * * * * *
TurkishHistorian1923 3 years ago
Nice, send more if You got. German jet fighters are very interesting. At least for me :) Thanks for this stuff.
regit76 3 years ago 14
@regit76 watashi wa like this too.
were one ofa kind. who likes german nazi jets.
Sithlike 3 months ago
@regit76 What's really amazing about the komet though, is that it isn't a jet. It's totally different. It's a rocket. It needs no intake, no outside air ;)
Eagle1Division2 2 months ago