BMW Strabo I

[Dan Sharp]

Date and signature are new at least. The drawings and report call it the Strabo I, but the graphs call it the Strahlbomber I.

 

[blackkite]

Hi!
The Strahlbomber I was a swept-wing attack bomber project initiated by Germany's BMW company during the final years of World War II. The bomber was to be powered by six BMW 003 turbojet engines, four mounted in each wing's trailing edge and two more on either side of the pressurized cockpit. The large wing size eliminated the need for a horizontal tailplane. The only armaments were to be two fixed machine guns at the rear of the fuselage.

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[blackkite]

Hi!
https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/bmw-strahlbomber-i.html
"This bomber project was to provide improved performance and attack capabilities by the installation of six BMW 003 turbojets. (Two mounted in the forward fuselage, on either side of the cockpit, the rest in pairs in the trailing edge of the wing.) Each pair of wing mounted engines used a shared air intake duct.

The forward fuselage contained the pressurized cabin for a crew of two. The vertical tail surface was conventional in design, but there was no horizontal tailplane. The shoulder mounted wing was swept back, outer control surfaces acting as ailerons and elevators, the inner control surfaces were used for landing flaps and airbrakes. Armament was to be two fixed aft firing machine cannons in the rear of the fuselage."