Re: What in gods name Nazi planes are these?
  Home FAQ Contact Sign in
rec.aviation.military only
 
Advanced search
POPULAR GROUPS

more...

rec.aviation.military Profile…
 Up
Re: What in gods name Nazi planes are these?         


Author: LIBERATOR
Date: Jul 13, 2011 18:30

On Jul 12, 6:13 pm, Eunometic yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Jul 12, 10:07 pm, Dean Markley gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 12, 2:21 am, LIBERATOR ymail.com> wrote:
>
>>> I've seen some of the bottom one before, but never the top one, two
>>> fuselages one without any engine and all glass.
>
>>> WTF!!! They're nuts and they made it all work!! I suppose they're
>>> angled inwards so to enable avionics to work.
>
>
>> Top one is a BV-141 recon plane.  Odd looking but nor particularly
>> successful.
>
> The BV-141 had excellent handling despite its asymetrical nature.
> Richard Voigt, the chief aeronautical engineer at Blohm + Voss was
> somewhat of a maverick genious and knew how to balance the various
> forces.   The engine prop torque balanced some of the asymetrical ...
Show full article (2.42Kb)
2 Comments
Re: What in gods name Nazi planes are these?         


Author: Eunometic
Date: Jul 14, 2011 09:07

> I figured such an oddball looking machine being made by the Nazis
> would handle supremely. It sounds like Richard Voigt was taken under
> "Operation Paperclip"

I misspelt his name. His correct name is Richard Vogt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vogt_(aircraft_designer)
> Do you by
> chance know what special functions were being performed by creating
> this extra fuselage -

It was to improve the vissibillity of the ground from the aircraft,
the aircraft was meant to find enemy troop concentrations, artillery
emplacements and to observed and direct the fall of artillery. It's
purpose as to direct fire power from the ground, rather than use its
own fire power.
no comments
Re: What in gods name Nazi planes are these?         


Author: Daryl
Date: Jul 14, 2011 09:11

On 7/14/2011 1:07 AM, Eunometic wrote:
>> I figured such an oddball looking machine being made by the Nazis
>> would handle supremely. It sounds like Richard Voigt was taken under
>> "Operation Paperclip"
>
> I misspelt his name. His correct name is Richard Vogt:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vogt_(aircraft_designer)
>
>
>
>
>> Do you by
>> chance know what special functions were being performed by creating
>> this extra fuselage -
>
> It was to improve the vissibillity of the ground from the aircraft,
> the aircraft was meant to find enemy troop concentrations, artillery
> emplacements and to observed and direct the fall of artillery. It's
> purpose as to direct fire power from the ground, rather than use its ...
Show full article (0.94Kb)
no comments