Monday, July 5, 2010

Focke Wulf P II jet project

The P II was a second of the Kurt Tank jet fighter project which was intended to give to the RLM(Reich air ministry) in 1943. The  wings were mounted mid-fuselage and had a slight sweep on the leading edge and straight trailing edges. A single Jumo 004B turbojet were slung beneath the fuselage  The main advantage was to facilitate maintenance.But there are many other disadvantages on this design, such as the nose wheel blocking the intake on takeoff and landing, foreign matter being sucked into the intake since it was so close to the ground and the destruction of the jet engine in case of a belly landing.Armarments considered to be 2x MK 108 cannons in the nose and 2x MG151 in the wing roots. Because of  it disadvantages the project was not followed up and cancelled
References
http://www.luft46.com/fw/fwpiib.html
Diagram of the P II

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