Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:45 am
Glider
Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:53 am
Ditto. Glider.
And yet, some of the old farts who post may remember that XCOR Aerospace announced (several years ago) their intention of designing Me-163 replicas using their safer/more reliable rocket engines. Do any lurkers follow XCOR enough to know whether that is still part of the plan?
http://www.xcor.com/#
And yet, some of the old farts who post may remember that XCOR Aerospace announced (several years ago) their intention of designing Me-163 replicas using their safer/more reliable rocket engines. Do any lurkers follow XCOR enough to know whether that is still part of the plan?
http://www.xcor.com/#
Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:57 am
There was also information on the WIX about Mr Allen's Me-163 a few years back.
I believe it even included a link to an operational engine he bought for it on eBay...
I believe it even included a link to an operational engine he bought for it on eBay...
Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:59 am
I don't think you can get T-Stoff and C-Stoff anymore. I'm not sure who you would get to volunteer as ground crew either ! 
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:26 am
RickH wrote:I don't think you can get T-Stoff and C-Stoff anymore.
I don't believe making the "Stoffen" would be the real problem.
Although I can see how being partially or completely dissolved by them in a major spill might put a damper on ones day!
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:36 am
Dan K wrote:RickH wrote:I don't think you can get T-Stoff and C-Stoff anymore.
I don't believe making the "Stoffen" would be the real problem.
Although I can see how being partially or completely dissolved by them in a major spill might put a damper on ones day!
Can you imagine the excitement in the offices of the FAA/CAA if someone were to try and license a Me-163?
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:11 am
That is an awsome replica! I had no idea something like that was around. Must be awsome to see at an airshow.
All it needs is a BF-110 (They could probably swing a JU-52 right? although that might be too big) tow-plane
...
Could a BF-108 tow it?
I had no idea something like that was around. Must be awsome to see at an airshow.
All it needs is a BF-110 (They could probably swing a JU-52 right? although that might be too big) tow-plane
...
Could a BF-108 tow it?
Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:32 am
What you need is to see about using an engine like that used in SpaceShip One
combined with a Me 163 replica.
combined with a Me 163 replica.
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:39 pm
Scott WRG Editor wrote:What you need is to see about using an engine like that used in SpaceShip One
combined with a Me 163 replica.
The one that blow up?
Phil
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:48 pm
Seems to me it wouldn't be that hard to put a little jet engine in the thing..like the one in the BD-5J. I read that the Komet was a delight to fly as a glider..it was the powerplant that was the killer.
SN
SN
Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:11 pm
Perhaps you will have to settle or an original He162 Salamander.
PeterA
PeterA
Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:17 pm
I assume that glider is a replica and not a real Komet...correct?
Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:44 pm
Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:09 am
RickH wrote:I don't think you can get T-Stoff and C-Stoff anymore. I'm not sure who you would get to volunteer as ground crew either !
Those two hurdles are actually not as difficult as you imply, Rick. All you have to
do is walk into a room full of beer-sodden NASA retirees and exclaim, " It's
impossible to recreate T-stoff/C-stoff, and if that is accomplished, we can't
find anyone SMART enough to load it onto the bird!"
If you want the project viable within...say a year..tell them a Russian team
said, "It'll take 5years"...
