Quote from: newsdeskdan on June 27, 2018, 11:52:40 pmAnother selection of completely unknown designs and not-very-well-known designs upon which I think I can shed a little more light.Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich?
Another selection of completely unknown designs and not-very-well-known designs upon which I think I can shed a little more light.
You could always put the experimental or projected engines and armament within the aircraft content. I wonder if you could publish more on that Arado aircraft turret report of yours...
I suppose there weren't enough designs of helicopters and other rotorcraft to fill up an entire issue?
Dan, the lesser known german aircraft manufacturers/design bureaus aren`t well represented in literature. Do you have material on AGO, Fieseler, Siebel, Bücker, Hütter, Klemm, Gotha, Skoda-Kauba or Zeppelin?
Quote from: gatoraptor on June 28, 2018, 06:20:58 pmI suppose there weren't enough designs of helicopters and other rotorcraft to fill up an entire issue?There were, and that might be one for the future.
Personally I'd like to see the Focke Wulf 159 design studies and the late 30s Arado radial fighter you mentioned. The 309 would be nice too, especially details on the radiator installation.
I need more time on those.
Quote from: newsdeskdan on June 29, 2018, 10:34:08 amI need more time on those.Luftwaffe: Secret Rotorcraft of the Third Reich should buy you that time, while the current popularity of VTOL drones and "flying car" autogyros would make it an excellent eyecatcher. Only problem is, you already used the Triebflûgel cover art.
I guess the Triebflugel is technically a rotorcraft.
Quote from: sienar on June 29, 2018, 08:58:18 amPersonally I'd like to see the Focke Wulf 159 design studies and the late 30s Arado radial fighter you mentioned. The 309 would be nice too, especially details on the radiator installation.The 159 design studies are a candidate for the next one, thanks to Jemiba's efforts in transcribing and translating the accompanying notes for me. The Arado fighter's still on the shelf. There appears to have been a huge amount of work done on the 309's radiator and I could certainly expand a great deal on that. One of the potential options for the next Luftwaffe: Secret was piston-engined fighters, but I decided against it because the Ta 153 vs Me 209 and Me 409/Me 155/Me 109 H/Me 309 H/Me 209 H/P 1091/BV 155 stories are proving too complex to pull together in the short term. I need more time on those.