Vertical take-off Rocket interceptor built by germany in the end of WW2.
AG 1 for takeoff procedure,
AG 3 to remove rocket cover dome.
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake[1]) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After a vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, most of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be controlled by an autopilot. The primary role of the relatively untrained pilot was to aim the aircraft at its target bomber and fire its armament of rockets. The pilot and the fuselage containing the rocket-motor would then land using separate parachutes, while the nose section was disposable. The first manned vertical take-off flight, on 1 March 1945, ended in the death of the test pilot, Lothar Sieber.
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- AceOfSpade 4.0 years ago
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- FlyingFish1 4.0 years ago
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General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Length 31.0ft (9.5m)
- Height 54.5ft (16.6m)
- Empty Weight 833,308lbs (377,982kg)
- Loaded Weight 833,559lbs (378,096kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.02
- Wing Loading 27,843.7lbs/ft2 (135,944.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 29.9ft2 (2.8m2)
- Drag Points 14275
Parts
- Number of Parts 238
- Control Surfaces 2
- Performance Cost 850
Where are you @Hpaccelli? You’ve been gone for 2 and a half years
@lilgreen06 hours just setting up the launch procedure
How long did it take you to make this thing work?
@Hpaccelli yah he did
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@FlyingFish1 Thanks a Lot mate! Glad you liked it.
Outstanding job. Love it
@Eagle92Lightning Interesting... I heard that the first test pilot died because he was ordered not to bail. At least he died for a cause.
The first test flight may also have been the first manned object to exceed the Mach 1 as it plummeted from the clouds, for more information I direct you to the book Chasing the Demon by Dan Hampton
@Trainzo Thanks mate!
Very great historical replica . Great job .