Was thinking of to low ground clearance, but for such oversized loads a launch trolley seem to have been consideredGrzesio said:...For example, the Ar 234 with Hs 293 A is drawn after an original German scheme explaining, why Hs 293 A cannot be carried by Ar 234 in this fashion.
Yes, and retracting of the launding gear was impossible - the nose wheel would collide with the ballast weight at the missile nose, while main wheels would collide with missile wings.
Really was there such an idea? A great care and a lot of effort was put into providing sufficient ground clearance for a number of bigger weapons, some were simply disqualified because of the insufficient GC... Life would have been much easier if there had been a launch trolley on hand.
The use of a trolley at least is shown in several drawings, so I think, it was at least contemplated andGrzesio said:
The Orlginal AR 234 concept, had to land on three retractable skids as landing gearGrzesio said:
i got a question on AR 234 R
it seems that is a Rocket-powered short range high-altitude reconnaissance version
now had 234 R had to use pure rocket power with Walter HWK 109-509 or it use BMW 003R form Me 262 C-2b ?Both.
- with two HWK 109-509 C-1 in nacelles under wings;
- with one HWK 109-509 C-1 (?) under the tail; both were cancelled in mid 1944.
- with two BMW 109-003 R; Ar 234 V16 was planned in but never completed.
All are illustrated just above in hesham's post, drawing 25.
PaulMM (Overscan) said:
