"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/02/2015 at 14:51 • Filed to: 209, Planelopnik, Messerschmitt
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/02/2015 at 14:51 • Filed to: 209, Planelopnik, Messerschmitt | 1
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Yesterday we had a Messerschmitt.
Today we have two of them, one of which was really called a 209 and the other only pretended to be.
The original kind-of-209 was specially designed and built to break the aircraft speed record which it duly succeeded in doing in 1939 when Fritz Wendel persuaded it to travel at 756 km/h (469 mph). As an absolute record this only lasted 18 months until a Me 163 rocket plane avoided blowing up for long enough to achieve 1,004 km/h or 624 mph. The “209” retained its prop-driven record for thirty years.
Why “209”? Because propaganda. Germany wanted it to be thought that the plane was intended as an even faster replacement for the 109. In fact it was never intended for military use as its steam cooling system (yes, steam!) took up much of the inside of the wings, leaving no space for guns and ammunition.
Note how far back the cockpit was.
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Later on we come to the actual Me 209, genuinely intended as a 109 replacement. It had a different engine, a 35 litre Jumo 213A, and a modified 109 airframe which featured wing mounted wheels which gave a much wider track than the 109 which was notoriously tricky on the ground. Unfortunately for Messerschmitt, it turned out to be considerably slower than the rival Fw 190 despite sharing an engine and so was abandoned.
ttyymmnn
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09/02/2015 at 14:55 |
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The little retractable tail skid is cute. Did the first 209 use the same engine as the 109?
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> ttyymmnn
09/02/2015 at 14:56 |
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Yes, the only difference was steam cooling. No, me neither.
Ash78, voting early and often
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09/02/2015 at 15:05 |
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Why “209”? Because propaganda. Germany wanted it to be thought that the plane was intended as an even faster replacement for the 109.
No way! The Germans would never, ever, ever try to trick people into thinking something was better simply because it had a higher number on it, right?
Grindintosecond
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09/02/2015 at 15:21 |
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“Stiletto” A P-51 modified to use a steam cooling method. Or, a boil-off style. Why let air drag through the radiators. Junk it all and dump the hot water overboard.
The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
> Cé hé sin
09/02/2015 at 16:12 |
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Was the ‘steam cooling’ the system where water in the engine boiled into steam and then traveled to the wings, where it condensed back to water and was pumped back to the engine? I’ve heard of experimental engines that worked on that principle, but I didn’t know anyone actually made it work (even somewhat).
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> The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
09/02/2015 at 17:15 |
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Yes, as per this