Grzesio said:
Really was there such an idea?
The Orlginal AR 234 concept, had to land on three retractable skids as landing gear
For take off it use a jettisonable three-wheeled, nosegear-style trolley.
after first trails they discovered how stupid this idea was.
so the B version was modified to have fully retractable tricycle landing gear.
but the idea stuck for bigger payload like V1 (also for Hs 293 A ?)
the reason why ? was simple, the AR 234 was the biggest Jet aircraft the Luftwaffe had in 1944/45.
It could fly those mission and get back alive.
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 ?