The Arsenal VG. 60 is one of my all time favorite French projects.
... but the designation VG.61 & VG.64,are they real one or fake ?.
Nick Sumner said:I don't know of any French inverted 'V' engines but Arsenal used Jumo 213s on the He 274 prototype. Was the VG70 a late war or post war design featuring the Jumo 213?
I note that the 'VG 70' sideview in Reply #41 looks very much like the VG 60 in Reply #42. Is it possible that the Le Fana author has conflated the two?
I have the VG 70 as a Jumo 004-powered VG 60 derivative (work beginning in September 1944). The VG 60 was, initially to have an 'upright' Hispano (first HS 12Y-51, then HS 12Z). However, the VG 60's post-war (1946?) incarnation was, indeed, to be powered by an inverted V-12 Arsenal 12H (Jumo 213E).
The Arsenal VG. 60 is one of my all time favorite French projects.
Now there is this website here which mentions some variants:
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However, I have never heard of any of these variants. Searches have brought up nothing. Are these real, or jest theoretical/fantasy developments?
The Arsenal VG. 60 is one of my all time favorite French projects.
Now there is this website here which mentions some variants:
Our Forums are moving to Discord
forum.worldofwarplanes.com
However, I have never heard of any of these variants. Searches have brought up nothing. Are these real, or jest theoretical/fantasy developments?
An overview of the Arsenal VG-50 project.
I do not know how you established this number of 9 projects, but it is true that VG-50 designation was reused as generic number for multiple projects. It was initially a fighter, member of VG-30 familly, but during war, it was assigned to a bigger experimental plane for engine coupling experimentation. Some additional usages were suggested to justify the efforts of the team in Villeurbane: transatlantic, maritime patrol, etc.Amazing my dear Philippe,
and as you know,there were 9 different aircraft,carried this designation "VG.50".
Good question.What is the powerplants with those contraprops?
Hi,Michel Vernisse filed various patents for a mechanism "homéoceinétique" for engine coupling. The VG-50 was planned to be used as engine testbed for such coupling system. The engines planned were 4 Hispano-Suiza 12Z, coupled by pairs.