1942 fighters more advanced than first thought???

[PMN1]

 

[Andreas Parsch]

*LOL* ;D

Nice photoshop work, but sadly they got the scale wrong. The X-Wing is too small.

 

[PMN1]

*LOL* ;D

Nice photoshop work, but sadly they got the scale wrong. The X-Wing is too small.

They got the date wrong as well, the MkIII was introduced in 1944....

;D

 

[hesham]

I think that aircraft was from Northrop design.

 

[elmayerle]

I think that aircraft was from Northrop design.

Carry-over from the previous Northrop company (which became Douglas-El Segundo) and teamed with them so that Ed Heinemann, Jack Northrop, and company could work together for the defense of the country.

 

[canisd]

That's probably one of the fighters produced by the Kenner Company. They weren't too experienced with aircraft construction and misread the plans and built it about a third too small. Luckily it made the design ideal for CVE's like the Long Island. Awfully cramped cockpit though...

 

[hesham]

May be the aircraft was from Hughes design as D-3 OR D-4.

 

[Akaikaze]

Better question: Who's flying? Maybe he should stick with Grumman Y-Wings. ;D

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I suggest that aircraft was experimental design for Eshelman
because this company concerned by development the experimental
aircraft with unconventional wings,may be designations from FW-1
to FW-4,and by the way the company established in 1942.

 

[Matej]

Hesham, just to clear the things - do you still think that this is a real design??

 

[Antonio]

Hesham, just to clear the things - do you still think that this is a real design??

;D

 

[borovik]

I'd still persist that Goering's people were flying on this... ;D ;D

 

[Sentinel Chicken]

Hi,

I suggest that aircraft was experimental design for Eshelman
because this company concerned by development the experimental
aircraft with unconventional wings,may be designations from FW-1
to FW-4,and by the way the company established in 1942.

Please tell me you're joking.

 

[Sundog]

The reason it appears so small is due to the fact that what you see in the picture is a sub scale demonstrator/proof of concept vehicle. Everyone knows the real X-Wing (Full Size) entered service too late to be of any use in WW2. Which didn't turn out too bad, since the P-51 could catch a T.I.E. fighter in a dive. 8)