Fieseler Fi-103 (V 1) development, variants and derivatives

[sagallacci]

Thanks for the info Sagallacci.

So no measures/angles on the short nose type and the alternate wings or even a drawing?

As for the twin V-1, I agree with your statement. The speedincrease wouldn't have been siginificant, only the payload or if they chose to increase the fuel amount instead of a second warhead i.e. the increased range (which would have been the only reasonable pro considering the lost or soon loosing of areas as starting points in reach of targets in Britain).
And although the building of a twin V-1 could have used most of the existing parts of the missile, all the ramps and starting mechanisms would have had to be adapted to this new types as well, which was probably a far more complicated matter than bashing the twin V-1 together itself.

Belated answer. further up the page of traffic was a diagram of the various noses, the "F-1" nose is the one in question.

 

[sagallacci]

I'm back and have new better data as well as accuracy tips for anyone wanting to model the versions.

 

[Blixie]

Drawing of remains of the short nosed Musterzelle M-150208 found ashore of south Sweden in November 1943

 

[RyanC]

P.S. I tried once to speculate about a possibility of Germany using V-1 missiles, launched from U-boat, to attack New York and Boston in early 1945

This was a serious enough threat to be in the newspapers of the time:

The New York Times
Jan 9, 1945
Page 1
Robot Bomb Attacks Here Held 'Probable' by Admiral
Special to The New York Times

AN EAST COAST PORT, Jan. 8—A strategically futile attack on New York or Washington by robot bombs within thirty to sixty days was described today as not only "possible but probable" by Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, new Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, whose command stretches from the Arctic to the Falkland Islands.

"We're ready for them," Admiral Ingram said, in the wardroom of his flagship, in this port to complete preparations. "The next alert you get is likely to be the McCoy. Of course if there's a practice alert before the real one, you'll have plenty of notice of it.

"The thing to do is not to get excited about it. It might knock out a high building or two. It might create a fire hazard. It would certainly cause casualties in the limited area where it might hit. But it could not seriously affect the progress of the war."

"But think," he added, "what it would mean to Dr. Goebbels at this stage of the war to announce that 'today we have destroyed New York'? It would be good politics for him. And we know very definitely that there are three ways in which he might get robot bombs within range of either city. He might sneak a half dozen submarines off the coast. He might launch robots from the long-range planes we know he has. Or he might sneak a surface ship, disguised as a neutral, within range."

The Navy tonight said there was no increased danger from robot attacks on the East Coast area. The Navy's statement followed by a few hours publication of the warning by Admiral Ingram against "possible and probable" attacks by robot bombs.

"There is no more reason now to believe Germany will attack us with robot bombs than there was Nov. 7, 1944," the Navy said. On that date a joint Army-Navy statement was issued to the effect that robot attacks were "entirely possible."

Admiral Ingram made it plain that his warning was real. No special advices have been received through Intelligence, he admits. But, he added:

"I know the enemy."

So seriously does he regard the possibility and probability of such an attack that soon after assuming command of the Atlantic Fleet he held extensive conferences on the subject in Washington and with Vice Admiral Edward P. Leary, commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier. As a result Admiral Leary has made arrangements with the Army in this area that have tremendously strengthened land as well as sea measures against attack.

 

[Blixie]

A Steuergerät from the Musterzelle M-150 208. There were no place for a Winkelschussuhr on these ones.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Hi

 

[riggerrob]

Type 9 wings remind us of the modern Schumann planform. That might have reduced drag a little for a small increase in range.

But I suspect that these drawings were purely speculative as a major goal of the V-1 program was to produce e and launch hundreds - perhaps thousands - for as low a cost as possible. Shortages of raw materials (e.g. plywood) and slave labourers limited production V-1s to the simplest possible rectangular wings.

 

[hesham]

A real projects of course my dear Just,

in reply # 69;

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fieseler-fi-103-v-1-development-variants-and-derivatives.2331/page-2