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Just found this on Airliners.net

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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/#

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

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 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 !

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!

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Can you imagine the excitement in the offices of the FAA/CAA if someone were to try and license a Me-163?

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?

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What you need is to see about using an engine like that used in SpaceShip One



combined with a Me 163 replica.

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The one that blow up?

Phil

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

Perhaps you will have to settle or an original He162 Salamander.

PeterA

I assume that glider is a replica and not a real Komet...correct?

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For those wanting a little more background...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/me163/kurz.htm

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

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"...

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